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Where Domestic Violence and Fair Housing Intersect - Understand Your Rights - CANCELED

Jefferson Center
Roanoke, VA

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On November 8th the Jefferson Center TAP, the City of Roanoke Fair Housing Board, the Virginia Fair Housing Office along with _____________ are sponsoring seminar to enlighten us on what happens when Domestic Violence and Fair Housing Laws intersect.

There will be Speakers from the following organizations will provide information sessions:
* Various domestic violence organizations,
* Virginia Fair Housing Office,
* Virginia's Attorney General's Office,
* State & local Legal Aid Offices, and
* Virginia Poverty Law Center

Come out and learn your rights!
The following statistics were pulled from the Homeless and Domestic Violence website and supports the need for such event:

1 - 16% of homeless persons are victims of domestic violence.

2 - Approximately 50% of all women who are homeless report that
domestic violence was the immediate cause of their
homelessness.

3 - Domestic violence creates vulnerability to homelessness for
women and children with limited economic resources. Among
mothers with children experiencing homelessness, more than
80% had previously experienced domestic violence.

4 - 84% of homeless women have experienced severe physical or
sexual abuse at some point in their lives.

5 - 63% of homeless women have been victims of intimate partner
violence as adults.

6 - 33% of homeless women have been victims of severe assault by
their current or most recent intimate partner.

7 - By age 12, 83% of homeless children have been exposed to at
least one serious violent event and nearly 25% have witnessed
acts of violence within their families.

8 - Mothers experiencing homelessness have three times the rate of
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (36%) and twice the
rate of drug and alcohol dependence (41%).

9 - About 50% of mothers experienced a major depressive episode
since becoming homeless. They have ulcers at four times the
rate of other women.