Book review of The Unsheltered Woman: Women and Housing in the 80s: Gender related planning problems seldom receive the attention they deserve. Recent changes in demographic patterns have created a growing interest in the relationships of women to housing, planning and public policy A new book entitled The Unsheltered Woman moves these relationships to the forefront of housing and planning policy. The Unsheltered Woman is a result of the Seminar on Women and Housing sponsored by the Ford Foundation and Hunter College between 1981 and 1983. This collection of essays serves as an insightful contribution to the literature on gender related housing issues.