For more than 40 years, Canada’s co-operative and community housing movement has helped secure housing rights around the world.
Your gift carries that work forward.
SSA staff and TA’s visiting the Bujuuko Women’s Co-op Housing Project
Who We Are
The international program of Canada’s housing movement
Rooftops Canada is the international program of Canada’s co-operative and community housing movement. Born in the 1980s, we carry forward the values of solidarity, equity and community-led action that shaped the community housing sector in Canada.
Housing is a human right, yet billions of families face insecure tenure, instability and discrimination, with women at greatest risk. We work with partners in Angola, Kenya, South Africa, and Uganda to advance housing rights and build resilient communities.
Our Impact
Solidarity, and the proof it works
Canadian housing organizations have backed this work for four decades. Here is what that support has built.
Because of you, 109,860 people
are benefiting from stronger legal frameworks, trained local authorities, and gender-responsive housing policies through the Women’s Spaces project.
How a Gift Helps
What your donation does
By advancing housing rights, supporting women's leadership, and building local legal and advocacy capacity, our work helps embed lasting protections within housing systems.
$15
Covers application and inspection fees to provide one land ownership certificate to a woman in Uganda.
$27
Provides education materials for women’s land rights training in South Africa.
$155
Offers one month of leadership development training for one woman in Angola.
“When women can secure their land and housing, they are better able to care for their families and take part in decisions about their communities.”
Dorothy Baziwe, Executive Director, Shelter and Settlements Alternatives, Uganda
Stories of Change
What this looks like on the ground
Idalina Felisberto - Angola - Development Workshop
Idalina Felisberto’s Story of Change
Before I connected with the Women Spaces project, I had a very different perspective from the one I have today. I thought women had many limitations because I believed there were many things we were not capable of doing.
October 6, 2026
Nalubwama Annet - Uganda - Shelter and Settlements Alternatives
Nalubwama Annet’s Story of Change
I was having disagreements with my partner, and eventually he forced me and my four children to leave our home. We also lost access to the land where we had been growing food. After that, he stopped supporting me and the children, including paying their school fees and helping provide for their basic needs.
October 13, 2026
Esther Muthiora - Kenya - Mazingira Institute
Esther Muthiora’s Story of Change
Before I connected with Mazingira Institute in 2024, I had recently gone through a divorce and returned home with my children. I started farming as a way to support myself, but one of my biggest challenges was finding a market for my vegetables.
October 20, 2026
A world where everyone has a secure place to live in peace and dignity
That is what Canada’s co-operative and community housing movement is working towards, with partners in Angola, Kenya, South Africa and Uganda.