Chapter 3 focuses on how ideas about gender and homelessness impact on homelessness policies, services and the situation of homeless women in Europe. The power of culturally specific definitions and images of homelessness is significant. Access to homelessness services and chances of women exiting homelessness appear to be conditional upon the perceived conduct of women in many European countries. The design and organization of services for homeless women, which are to a large extent based on gendered stereotypes, may serve to alienate women. There is a need for a European-wide research on homelessness and housing services for women that is participatory in orientation and privileges women’s experiences, to develop services that respect the autonomy and dignity of women. Equally, there is a need for policies that focus on women’s access to affordable housing and socio-economic opportunities and their rights, more broadly.