That was a perfect segue because my question is about just that. It is about national housing and the affordability crisis.
I have certainly seen this in London, the growing numbers of those who are living rough on the streets. There is a 5,000-family wait-list for affordable housing. This morning I was speaking specifically to a woman who was fleeing an abuser. She is in second-stage housing, but it isn't sufficient. It isn't as she needs it, and the options and choices are extremely limited. She is being shut out of that system.
I would love to hear from you about how important that second-stage housing specifically is to women fleeing violence—the adequacy of it—and about the investment in a national housing strategy focused on that affordability piece and how that plays out for women.