UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative Releases Findings on Intersection of Intimate Partner Violence and Homelessness

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative Releases Findings on Intersection of Intimate Partner Violence and Homelessness SAN FRANCISCO (January 16, 2024) – The University of California, San Francisco Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative (BHHI) today released a special report on the relationship between intimate partner violence (IPV) and homelessness in Califor. [...] The analysis is based on survey data and in-depth interviews from the California Statewide Study of People Experiencing Homelessness (CASPEH), the largest representative study of homelessness in the United States since the mid-1990s. [...] To take on these interwoven issues, and prevent them from happening in the first place, we need to support survivors’ economic needs by offering flexible financial assistance and permanent, affordable housing.” Key findings from the report include: ● The median monthly household income of those experiencing IPV in the months prior to homelessness was $1,000, highlighting their extreme poverty as a. [...] ● A majority of participants (60%) who both experienced IPV prior to homelessness and left housing due to violence spent most nights in unsheltered settings, indicating that many people leaving housing due to IPV do not go to DV shelters. [...] ● Nearly all survivors (95%) reported that the high cost of housing was a barrier to their exiting homelessness and 61% indicated that poor credit or eviction history, often a consequence of IPV, was a barrier to regaining housing.