A simplified guide to your housing and eviction rights What is
the purpose of this leaflet?Many women are evicted from their
homes by their husbands, partners, family members or the owners
of their homes. Often, women are evicted with their children and
do not have anywhere else to live. They then turn to shelters
for temporary assistance or live in undesirable and unhealthy
living conditions. Sometimes these women have contributed to the
home financially or in other ways such as by cleaning and
maintaining the home or by taking care of the children. The
husband or partner is then able to go to work and earn money to
pay the bond over the property or the rent. Some women reside on
land in farm, agricultural or rural areas and are evicted from
their homes with their children by the owners of the land Women
do not always know what their legal rights are to housing or
their rights in terms of evictions and are evicted from their
homes unfairly and illegally. There are also circumstances where
women who are in ab