The lack of available, decent and affordable housing forces many women to face an impossible choice for them and their children: whether to remain in the cycle of violence or remain homeless. In the absence of a policy that would create alternatives and answers from the housing sector for these women and for their children, many women are forced to continue living in a house that has become dangerous. This publication constitutes a position paper in preparation for a further discussion in the Committee for the Advancement of the Status of Women on the subject: housing assistance for women leaving shelters and victims of domestic violence.