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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS AND HOUSING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS AND HOUSING

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Section 2 Recognizing and Responding to Domestic Violence 1 What Housing and Homeless Organizations Need to Know Identification and Screening Some survivors selfidentify or are referred by DV agency ID: 199419

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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS AND HOUSING

Section 2: Recognizing and Responding to Domestic Violence

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What Housing and Homeless Organizations Need to KnowSlide2

Identification and Screening

Some survivors self-identify or are referred by DV agency

For others… welcome/intake protocol must include asking about DV safely, respectfully, and universally

Survivor and abuser may show up together, both needing services – program must address safety issues without victim blaming or increasing danger

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Understanding the Dynamics

DV is a pattern of coercive power and control

Abuser’s behavior often affects survivor’s choices and behavior – both to increase her own safety and to cope

Survivors have real fears, beyond physical safety (ex. deportation; losing custody)

May seem difficult to identify victim vs. abuser

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Common Pitfalls

Screening out due to danger

Unintentionally re-victimizing or increasing danger - usually via policies meant to increase safety (ex. requiring a protective order)

Forgetting the survivor is

the

expert in her own life and situation

Competing instead of collaborating

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A Few Practices to Avoid

Asking survivor about DV in abuser’s presence

Giving her written materials when it’s not safe

Blaming her for damage or danger caused by the abuser

Expecting she can “control” his behavior (ex. showing up at her unit uninvited)

Setting eligibility criteria that prevent access to services or increase danger

5Slide6

Pairing Housing Help with

DV Know-How is Powerful

DV interferes with housing access and with success in maintaining it

Even once in new housing, abuse may remain an issue; abusers often sabotage attempts to live independently, and some trauma impacts are slow to resolve

Survivors who can’t maintain their housing are highly vulnerable to return/re-abuse

Specialized, DV-informed, tailored services can address these interacting factors and be the difference in survivors’ ability to truly embed safety in their lives

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The Need for

a DV Lens

Denials, evictions, ruined credit, lease terminations often based on violence/abuser interference Survivors experience discrimination based on status as victims

High density/high violence in public housing complexes may place women at continued risk, trigger

trauma

Stalking, harassment, on-going violence and threats by the perpetrator may occur even after survivor is housed

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The Need for

a DV Lens: Children

More than half

of DV survivors live in households with children under 12

47% of homeless school-aged children and 29% of homeless children under 5 have witnessed domestic violence in their

families

Exposure

to violence significantly impacts on development, behavior, education, health, mental health, and increased risk- taking behaviors as adolescents and adults

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