The Country Women's Association (CWA) of NSW has named housing in regional areas as the key issue for its awareness week as they push for governments to put more resources towards the problem.

Women above the age of 55 are currently the fastest growing group of homeless people in Australia and CWA Riverina says not enough is being done to help these women find places to live.

"Women often don't work their whole lives and if there has been a family breakdown many find themselves in a situation where they don't have the funds to keep themselves in housing," CWA Riverina member Rachel Whiting said.

"What we're trying to do is highlight this issue, work with others who are in this field and potentially work towards solutions at a local and state level."

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CWA Riverina president Ann Adams said it was crucial for governments to address the issue by building more housing suitable to low-income women.

"I think we need to push the government for more smaller and affordable houses to be put in place across all communities really," Mrs Adams said.

"They don't need big, three bedroom houses, they just need somewhere simply, cheap where they can settle and get their lives back on track."

Due to the ongoing lockdown CWA Riverina is unable to hold their usual marketplace stall to raise awareness about their chosen issue however they plan to replace this with an online event next week.

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Ms Whiting said this event, which will be formally announced later this week, will look to bring together experts on the topic of affordable housing and homelessness to brainstorm potential solutions.

"We're really interested in running an event to hear from the experts in this space," she said.

"In the Riverina housing is becoming more expensive and there's becoming less housing because of people moving to the region and we need to ensure we look after everyone in our communities."

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