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Home » Intimate partner violence is a precursor to homelessness, study finds
Reginald Wiggins, right, with Central Mississippi Continuum of Care, a homeless assistance program, speaks with Biloxi native Gene Myers at Union Station in Jackson, Miss., about getting into transitional housing at a local hotel Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. Central Mississippi Continuum of Care, a homeless assistance program and Stewpot Community Services outreach workers approached the homeless at Union Station Wednesday offering the transitional housing and assistance with getting permanent housing and self-sufficiency. Myers accepted the offer. (Credit: Barbara Gauntt/Clarion Ledger)

Intimate partner violence is a precursor to homelessness, study finds

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By SBE Staff on January 25, 2024 News
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By Doug Smith

One in five women who become homeless in California flee their homes to escape violence and escalating abuse by an intimate partner, a new analysis of a statewide survey has reported.

The study by the Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative at UC San Francisco found that a dearth of domestic violence shelters leaves women exposed to more violence in homeless encampments.

“That system is completely overwhelmed, and people are winding up in encampments,” said Margot Kushel, director of the research group and co-author of the report.

Among those who reported being victims of violence in the six months before losing their housing, 2 in 5 were victimized again while homeless, usually at the hands of a former partner who tracked them down.

Read more at: LA Times

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