An insulative housing for an electrical connector (1, 2), the insulative housing comprising: a longitudinal body portion having a plurality of contact openings extending therein in an insertion direction for supporting a plurality of electrical contact terminals, first and second pairs of opposing end portions (106, 108) extending from opposing ends (102a, 102b) of the body portion in the insertion direction, at least one end portion (106, 108) in each pair of opposing end portions (106, 108) comprising a ridge extending in the insertion direction and comprising opposing first and second side surfaces (112, 114), an inclined top surface facing the opposing end portion (106, 108) and connecting the first and second side surfaces (112, 114) and a horizontally oriented end portion at a bottom end of the ridge and extending between the opposing first and second side surfaces (112, 114), wherein the ridge is configured to guide a cover latch (304, 306) of the cover of the electrical connector (1, 2) along the first side surface of the ridge and guide a strain relief latch of a strain relief of the electrical connector (1, 2) along the opposing second side surface of the ridge, wherein the inclined top surface of the ridge is configured to resiliently deflect the cover latch (304, 306) of the electrical connector (1, 2), wherein the second side surface of the ridge comprises an inclined side surface portion at a bottom of the second side surface for resiliently deflecting the strain relief latch of the electrical connector (1, 2), and wherein the end portion of the ridge is configured to latch onto both the cover latch (304, 306) of the electrical connector (1, 2) and the strain relief latch of the electrical connector (1, 2). a longitudinal body portion having a plurality of contact openings extending therein in an insertion direction for supporting a plurality of electrical contact terminals, first and second pairs of opposing end portions (106, 108) extending from opposing ends (102a, 102b) of the body portion in the insertion direction, at least one end portion (106, 108) in each pair of opposing end portions (106, 108) comprising a ridge extending in the insertion direction and comprising opposing first and second side surfaces (112, 114), an inclined top surface facing the opposing end portion (106, 108) and connecting the first and second side surfaces (112, 114) and a horizontally oriented end portion at a bottom end of the ridge and extending between the opposing first and second side surfaces (112, 114), wherein the ridge is configured to guide a cover latch (304, 306) of the cover of the electrical connector (1, 2) along the first side surface of the ridge and guide a strain relief latch of a strain relief of the electrical connector (1, 2) along the opposing second side surface of the ridge, wherein the inclined top surface of the ridge is configured to resiliently deflect the cover latch (304, 306) of the electrical connector (1, 2), wherein the second side surface of the ridge comprises an inclined side surface portion at a bottom of the second side surface for resiliently deflecting the strain relief latch of the electrical connector (1, 2), and wherein the end portion of the ridge is configured to latch onto both the cover latch (304, 306) of the electrical connector (1, 2) and the strain relief latch of the electrical connector (1, 2).