24 Hour Domestic Violence Help-line

 Domestic violence is one of the single largest causes of homelessness.  The statistics below indicate why Housing Departments and Housing Associations need to have comprehensive policies on domestic violence.

• Nottingham CAT team Rough Sleepers survey Nov 03 – ‘59% of women Rough sleepers had experienced domestic violence, 41% were care leavers and 70% family / relationship breakdown
• Nottingham City Council Domestic Violence Audit 200/1 – 2003/2004 – ‘The Progress of Homelessness Applications made to Nottingham City Council during 2001/2002” domestic violence resulted in the homelessness of families in 32.93% of cases and in the homelessness of single people in 6.5% of cases’
• 38% of families using Shelter's Homeless to Home projects had lost their home through domestic violence, based on both local authority figures and the family's interpretation of their situation²Jones A, Pleace N, Quilgars D. (2002) Firm Foundations: An evaluation of Shelter’s Homeless to Home service. Shelter
• A study of families at a homeless centre in Birmingham found that nine out of ten families were homeless because of violence and that in 69% of cases the perpetrator was a partner or former partner³. Vostanis P. and Cumella S., Homeless Children: problems and needs, (1999) Jessica Kingsley