Our homes

Women’s Pioneer Housing currently has:

• 798 general needs homes
• 90 leasehold properties
• 182 homes for older women (60-plus)
• 31 market rent homes

Women’s housing needs

Women are overrepresented amongst social renters, largely because they are overrepresented amongst those on lower incomes, and amongst homeless families.

With the gender pay gap and women’s under-employment particularly high in London this situation creates a specific need for women's housing.

On average, women still earn less than men in Britain. In 2021, women:

• in the UK earned an average of 15.4% less than men
• in London earned an average of 30.4% less than men.

London house prices and private rents are outside the reach of most women, especially single women.

• There is no region in England where private rented housing is affordable (less than a third of a household’s income) on women’s median earnings.
• A research made by Playfina Slovenija say that women spend up to 43% of their median earnings to be able to rent in England, while men spend only 28%. 
• Women need over 12 times their annual salaries to be able to buy a home in England, while men need just over 8 times.

(Figures and data from the ONS, Gender Pay Gar 2021 and WBG, Autumn Budget 2021 Pre-Budget Briefings, 2021)