Author:
Botein, Hilary, 1965- author.
ImprintNew Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2016]
Descriptionxii,174 pages ; 23 cm.
Note:Introduction -- Part I. Why Long-Term Housing for Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence? -- "Why Doesn't She Leave?": Intimate Partner Violence and Housing Instability -- "How Does Housing Help?": A "Services Light" Long-Term Housing Model -- Part II. The Current Policy and Service Environment: How Did We Get Here? -- First Stop: Emergency Shelters and Transitional Programs -- Mismatch between US Social Policy and Intimate Partner Violence -- Part III. An Evolving Approach: Long-Term Housing -- National Overview: Legislative Response and Program Variations -- Developing Program Theory and Goals: Long-Term Housing with Services -- Survivor Perspectives on Program Theory and Models -- Part IV. Next Steps? -- Moving Forward: Research and Policy -- Epilogue: A Practitioner's Perspective.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages155-167) and index.
Note:"Housing matters for everyone, as it provides shelter, security, privacy, and stability. For survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV), housing takes on an additional meaning; it is the key to establishing a new life, free from abuse. IPV survivors often face such inadequate housing options, however, that they must make excruciating choices between cycling through temporary shelters, becoming homeless, or returning to their abusers.Home Safe Home offers a multifaceted analysis that accounts for both IPV survivors' needs and the practical challenges involved in providing them with adequate permanent housing. Incorporating the varied perspectives of the numerous housing providers, activists, policymakers, and researchers who have a stake in these issues, the book also lets IPV survivors have their say, expressing their views on what housing and services can best meet their short and long-term goals. Researchers Hilary Botein and Andrea Hetling not only examine the federal and state policies and funding programs determining housing for IPV survivors, but also provide detailed case studies that put a human face on these policy issues.As it traces how housing options and support mechanisms for IPV survivors have evolved over time, Home Safe Home also offers innovative suggestions for how policymakers and advocates might work together to better meet the needs of this vulnerable population"-- Provided by publisher.
