Our Resources - Affordable Housing

Access to safe and affordable housing is critical for women to live healthy, autonomous lives. Unfortunately, the ability to secure and retain housing is often made more difficult for women by the effects of gender discrimination. The gender pay gap and other factors limit a woman’s financial resources, forcing some women to spend large portions of their income on rent and making the prioritization of childcare, food, and medical care incredibly difficult. Economic insecurity and limited housing options can prohibit women from relocating to pursue career and educational opportunities, and difficulties in obtaining new housing, combined with a lack of financial independence, can prevent survivors of domestic violence from leaving an abusive partner. Many female military service members face obstacles to securing safe and affordable housing. This is a particularly cumbersome task for women who have suffered Military Sexual Trauma. To address these issues, CWLC holds community workshops on renters’ rights, we develop briefs and advocate for policies that protect women veterans and aging women, and we litigate cases in which women’s housing rights have been violated.

Amicus Briefs and Public Comment: Housing

Legal Trainings: Affordable Housing

CWLC Policy Briefs: Affordable Housing

Litigation: Female Veteran’s Fair Housing Case (2016)

CWLC and CCoA Elder Economic Forum: Political, Economic, and Demographic Imapacts on Retirement (2019)

CWLC Forum: Aging, Women, and Poverty In California (2016)

Tenant Resources: Affordable Housing