Faced with a homeless services system largely built for men, women experiencing domestic abuse may find themselves choosing between violence and the street.

To understand the impact of domestic violence on women’s housing stability, the Lee Enterprises Public Service Journalism Team surveyed 150 women from July through October 2024 across eleven women’s daytime and overnight shelters throughout the Pacific Northwest.

Jayne Downing is retiring after 27 years as executive director of the nonprofit organization that supports domestic violence victims and survivors.

Content warning: This article contains graphic descriptions of domestic violence. If you are experiencing ... conducted at women’s shelters in Salem, Oregon, about 25 miles north of Albany ...

To understand the impact of domestic ... Portland, Oregon. During those sessions, guests anonymously talked with the reporter about their experiences with homelessness, gender-based violence ...

Content warning: This article contains graphic descriptions of domestic violence. If you are experiencing ... conducted at women’s shelters in Salem, Oregon, about 25 miles north of Albany ...

Often, domestic ... in Salem, and Mary’s Place in Seattle. The survey questions were created after conducting listening sessions at Rose Haven, a women’s day shelter in Portland, Oregon.

Forcing survivors to litigate their restraining order hearings is a regular reality — and a gaping fault in a system that continues to fail battered women, advocates say.

To break free from the domestic abuse and to protect her children, Rachel experienced homelessness in hopes of something safer on the other side.

See also: Mayoral election in Salem, Oregon (2024) and City elections in Salem, Oregon (2024) The city of Salem, Oregon, held general elections for mayor and city council on November 5, 2024. A primary was scheduled for May 21, 2024. The filing deadline ...

Eventually, she stayed at three different domestic violence shelters in the years to come after ... The surveys were conducted at women’s shelters in Salem, Oregon, about 25 miles north of Albany and Corvallis, as well as nine other shelters located ...

A California man was sentenced to life in prison for fatally shooting his girlfriend and seriously wounding her sister in Corvallis.