`titrebAbstract :`/titrebFrom interviews with professionals and recipients of emergency housing arrangements, the author proposes to consider the representations and the place of fatherhood in the lives of homeless men. Why does the parental status of homeless men not feature in the arrangements for them as it does for mothers? Is fatherhood invisible or hidden? How can this failure be explained? This reflection allows us to grasp some of the social changes regarding roles and gender relations in society. Indeed, tensions arise between the world views of men who are given accommodation and the reality of the arrangements. The discourse of social workers reflects the negotiations and resistances between contemporary gender norms and traditional gender norms.