I just wanted to say that I can speak to that as well. Respondents we heard from at our survey said that there need to be more beds in shelters for women who need to leave in the middle of the night, no questions asked, and without referrals from CFS. They need to have a place to go. There are some spaces like that, but there are nowhere near enough. Having more funding put towards shelters and safe houses is needed so that for women it can be “no questions asked, middle of the night, I need to be here to leave a violent situation”. We do not have enough spaces like that.
