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Nottingham City Council domestic violence policy for Housing Direct.

This report provides a detailed breakdown of a survey of women sleeping rough in Nottingham City. It demonstrates the inter-linking and complexities such as homelessness, mental health, drug use and domestic violence.

2002 report produced by the Office of the Deputy Prime minister. This research was commissioned by DETR (Now the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister ) in 1998, with the Women's Unit (Now the Women and Equality Unit ) and the Department of Health. It aimed to explore how local housing authorities catered for the accommodation and support needs of women and their children who had been accepted as homeless due to domestic violence, and the role of local refuge groups in meeting these needs.

Full report from 2002 from ODPM on providing support to households experiencing domestic violence

This report was produced by the ODPM in 2005 and details options in setting up a Sanctuary style Project.

Homelessness Code of Guidance for Local Authorities including domestic violence related homelessness

Housing authorities are required under the Homelessness Act 2002 (the 2002 Act) to carry out a homelessness review and to formulate a homelessness strategy based on the results of that review within twelve months of the section coming into force. This Code includes provision of service to domestic violence survivors.

The experiences of Framework's women residents A research report by Rachel Harding This research study provides evidence that homeless sex working women resident in Framework projects were very vulnerable, often having experienced extensive, traumatic abuse, and presenting with complex needs ranging from mental ill-health and drug use to suicide attempts and relationship problems. A link between domestic violence and sex work was established, and it was claimed that the women were often coerced into the sex industry by abusive and violent male partners.

Ever since the Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977, local authorities have been expected to prevent, as well as to respond to homelessness. A purely responsive stance towards homelessness has never been condoned in official policy. A wide range of preventative approaches have been promoted by successive versions of the ministerial Homelessness Code of Guidance, designed to help councils interpret legislative requirements.

This is a review of the provision of refuge to women and children experiencing domestic violence.