Homelessness is a complex problem that has an enormous impact on vulnerable individuals, and the need for support is essential. The societal and political response to homelessness in Sweden is split into two discrete categories: (1) social homelessness and (2) structural homelessness. This categorisation plays a fundamental role in the treatment received from social services and, as a result, women are the most affected. Structural homelessness is now deemed an individualised issue, which means that responsibility has shifted. As such, the services that can be provided for certain individuals has changed, with women being disproportionately impacted relative to other groups. This blunt categorisation assumes that homeless women are responsible for their situation, and ignores the fact that they are heavily affected by external  sociopolitical factors that are outside of their control. With an intersectional perspective as a theoretical framework for the study we have been able to identify through interviews and previous studies that women, particularly those of an immigrant background, victims of domestic violence and single mothers,  are hit the hardest by the categorisation.