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    Domestic Violence: One Step Away from Homelessness

    Was Live Friday, Feb. 16, 2024 | 11am PST

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    Domestic violence – also known as Intimate Partner Violence – is one of the leading causes of homelessness, particularly for victims with limited financial resources. A new study released last month by the University of California San Francisco Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative finds that at least 17% of homeless people fled their homes because of partner violence.

    Victims face many barriers to becoming housed again, including lack of financial resources, possible evictions as a result of police appearing at their homes too often, and poor credit scores because of partners fraudulently using their credit.

    Speakers this week will discuss how domestic violence often leads to homelessness, the findings of the UCSF study, and the increase in domestic violence over the past two years in New York and its boroughs. We will also hear directly from a formerly unhoused survivor of domestic violence.

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