Domestic violence is one of the major factors contributing to homelessness. However, survivors who flee their homes because of IPV and become homeless face innumerable barriers to getting housed ...

Cancel anytime. Data show that women experience unique causes of housing instability and challenges when experiencing homelessness, according to a survey conducted by Lee Enterprises Public Service ...

Often, domestic violence and other types of violence play a large role in their experiences. Women experience unique causes of housing instability and challenges when experiencing homelessness ...

Forcing survivors to litigate their restraining order hearings is a regular reality — and a gaping fault in a system that ...

It estimated that around 120,000 people each night are experiencing homelessness in Australia. Among them 42% are people under 25 years of age; 15% is under 12 years of age; and 15% are people ...

Faced with a homeless services system largely built for men, women experiencing domestic abuse may find themselves choosing between violence and the street.

she soon experienced homelessness, bouncing between her parents’ and friends’ couches. Eventually, she stayed at three different domestic violence shelters in the years to come after a second ...

To understand the impact of domestic violence on women ... with the reporter about their experiences with homelessness, gender-based violence and accessing supportive services.

Just as physical traits carried through the generations, so did the patterns of domestic violence each suffered. In Jessie’s experience, the cycle of abuse led to a life of homelessness — a ...