Homelessness prevention for women and children who have experienced domestic and family violence: innovations in policy and practice

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Title: Homelessness prevention for women and children who have experienced domestic and family violence: innovations in policy and practice
Author(s): Spinney, Angela; Blandy, Sarah
Abstract: This Positioning Paper makes up the first output of a research study entitled Homelessness prevention for women and children who have experienced domestic and family violence: Innovations in policy and practice. The purpose of this very specific project is to explore the value and implementation challenges of innovative staying at home homelessness prevention measures, such as Staying Home Leaving Violence schemes in Australia, and Sanctuary schemes in England and Wales. As such, it is an important and timely piece of research because the White Paper on homelessness, The road home (Commonwealth of Australia 2008), specifically identified and promoted the need to expand programs that allowed women and children to remain in the home once the perpetrator has been removed. The research will fill our gap in existing knowledge concerning two research questions: 1. How and to what extent have innovative homelessness prevention measures introduced in Australia and England since the mid-1990s been successful in enabling women and children to remain in their homes and localities? 2. What are the implications of these findings for policy on housing and homelessness in Australia and for improvements to practice?
Publication type: Journal article
Research centre: Swinburne University of Technology
Source: AHURI Positioning Paper, no. 140 (Jun 2011)
Publication year: 2011
FOR Code(s): 1205 Urban and Regional Planning
Keyword(s): Children; Domestic violence; Family violence; Homelessness; Policies; Women
Publisher: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
ISSN: 1834-9250
ISBN: 9781921610738, 1921610735
Publisher URL: http://www.ahuri.edu.au/publications/p50602/
Research Projects: Homelessness prevention for women and children who have experienced domestic and family violence: innovations in policy and practice, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) grant number 50602
Additional information: See http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/239008 for more information.
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