Securing Safer Housing for People Experiencing Domestic and Family Violence, Policy Evidence Summary

This policy evidence summary outlines research and implications for policy makers on integrating housing support with other forms of support to improve safety and wellbeing. It is based on the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) Final Report No. 311: Housing outcomes after domestic and family violence.

Keywords: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, access, ACT, adult women, advocacy, child protection, children, culturally and linguistically diverse, discrimination, education, families, financial distress, funding, gender, government and policy, hardship, health and wellbeing, homelessness, housing, interpreters, legal rights, LGBTIQ+, mental health, metropolitan, migrant and refugee women, national, NSW, NT, policy, prevention of gender based violence, primary prevention, QLD, regional, relationships, SA, safety, single parents, stress, TAS, Vic, WA, women with disabilities, women's rights

Author(s): Kathleen Flanagan, Hazel Blunden, Kylie Valentine, Jane Henriette
Organisation: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
Year Published: 2019
Language: English

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