VAWA Issues
Domestic Violence and Housing Rights Guide
This guide was created by Idaho Legal Aid Services, Inc. to explain housing rights and protections a domestic violence survivor has under federal and state law. For more information, please see...
Housing Discrimination Against Domestic Violence Victims
In their government-subsidized two-bedroom apartment on the morning of August 2, 1999, Tiffanie Ann Alvera’s husband physically assaulted her. The police arrested him, placed him in jail, and...
Housing Discrimination Against Victims of Domestic Violence
By Wendy R. Weiser and Geoff Boehm
NHLP Know Your Rights: Domestic Violence and Federally Assisted Housing
The National Housing Law Project has created a Know Your Rights Brochure on the Violence Against Women Act and its protections related to federally assisted housing for survivors of domestic...