Teleconference: Housing and Domestic Violence

Finding and maintaining affordable housing&are two&of the most&difficult issues facing victims of domestic violence and their advocates.&As a result, many women face a "choice" between homelessness and life with an abusive partner.&What is being done to address this problem? This question was the basis for the teleconference discussion, which addressed the following issues:

• Affordable housing
• Section 8
• The HUD Budget
• Housing Discrimination
• The Violence Against Women Act

Speakers for teleconference were:&

• Linda Couch, Deputy Director, National Low Income Housing Coalition
• Steven Berg, Vice President for Programs and Policy, National Alliance to End Homelessness
• Naomi Stern, Staff Attorney/Women's Law Fellow, Domestic Violence Project, National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty
• Allison Randall, Public Policy Specialist, National Network to End Domestic Violence (Teleconference Facilitator)