Winston Churchill Fellowship – Domestic Abuse and Housing: international practice and perspectives (2017)
DAHA co-founder Gudrun Burnet was awarded the prestigious Winston Churchill fellowship in 2016 and travelled to USA, Canada and Australia to learn about international practices around domestic abuse.
The role of housing in a coordinated community response to domestic abuse (2018)
For her PhD at Durham University, Kelly Henderson researched and wrote her thesis on the role of housing in a coordinated community response with particular reference to perpetrators.
Safe at Home: Homelessness and domestic abuse (2018)
DAHA co-founder Kelly Henderson authored this report with Safe Lives which discusses domestic abuse and its link to homelessness, with a particular focus on survivors of domestic abuse who are chronically homeless.
Justice, housing and domestic abuse, the experiences of homeowners and private renters (2019)
DAHA and Surviving Economic Abuse commissioned this report from the University of Bristol to draw on data collected as part of the ESRC-funded project, Justice, Inequality and Gender-Based Violence. The final briefing reveals the extent of domestic abuse for homeowners and private renters and their experiences with the criminal justice system.
Domestic Homicide Review (DHR) Case Analysis
This report is our contribution to fully highlight the learning from Domestic Homicide Reviews as most of us recognise the need for national, regional and local work required to embed a true coordinated community response (CCR) to domestic abuse. In essence, much of what we have learned from the DHRs outlined in this report demonstrates […]
An Open Letter to the Prime Minister
Specialist organisations working with survivors of VAWG have written an open letter to the prime minister, calling for an urgent strategy to protect women and girls and to prevent abuse during the COVID-19 pandemic.
An Open Letter to Dame Louise Casey
Members of the National Domestic Abuse Policy and Practice Group have written an open letter to Dame Louise Casey, calling for action to ensure that women and survivors staying in hotels and other emergency accommodation for people sleeping rough are not forced to return to their abusers or to the streets following the pandemic.
Housing Providers & Refuges: Tackling move-on together during COVID-19 Initiative
This is an initiative led by The Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance (DAHA), Women’s Aid Federation of England, National Housing Federation and the Chartered Institute of Housing to bring the housing sector and refuges together to get survivors who are ready for move on right now into a safe home.
Women’s Homelessness Action Forum (WHAF) Key Asks to support women experiencing homelessness during COVID-19
The following key asks emerged from discussion had at the virtual Women’s Homelessness Action Forum (WHAF) held on April 7th 2020 and attended by 27 practitioners to discuss support for women experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness in London during the Covid-19 pandemic. With reports of violence against women increasing in the current lockdown, […]