Indigenous women and children have very limited housing pathways to choose from in the aftermath of domestic and family violence, and they often become trapped in a revolving door between crisis services, homelessness, and returning to an unsafe home. This report investigates the housing needs of Indigenous women and children facing domestic and family violence and considers the policy development options. It advises that developing culturally appropriate responses to Indigenous domestic and family violence and improving integration between housing and domestic and family violence and child protection services should reduce rates of Indigenous women's injury and death, as well as rates of Indigenous children's out-of-home care. This study drew on an evidence and policy review, interviews with 9 Indigenous women who had experienced domestic and family violence, and interviews with 30 policy and service delivery stakeholders from the housing, domestic violence, legal and health sectors, conducted in two regional cities in New South Wales and the Northern Territory.
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