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 ...

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 ...

The Lee Enterprises Public Service Journalism Team surveyed 150 women from July through October 2024 across eleven women’s daytime and overnight shelters throughout the Pacific Northwest.

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 ...

To break free from the domestic abuse and to protect her children, Rachel experienced homelessness in hopes of something ...

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

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 ...