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Abstract: 

Intimate partner violence (IPV) by a current or former intimate partner increases the risk of homelessness for survivors, particularly those with limited financial resources. Unstable housing and financial insecurity put survivors and their children in challenging situations that compromise their safety and well-being at the cost of safe shelter. Survivors who have nowhere to go are willing to forgo housing to protect their personal safety from their abusers and often end up on the streets. Unfortunately, due to the lack of available domestic violence services or shelters, the situation of survivors and their children (including the risk of recurring IPV) continues to worsen during homelessness. In a case with implications for survivors of domestic abuse, the U.S. Supreme Court recently issued a decision in City of Grants Pass, Ore. v. Johnson, No. 23-175, 2024 (2024). Legal contributor Anne L. Perry analyzes the Court’s ruling.

Keywords: City of Grants Pass, Ore. v. Johnson; DV and Housing and Financial Insecurity

Affiliations:  1: Contributing Editor.