[20200706]IF11592_联邦支持向遭受家庭暴力的个人提供住房.pdf

https:/crsreports.congress.gov July 6, 2020Federal Support for Providing Housing to Individuals Experiencing Domestic ViolenceIntroduction Domestic violence (DV) affects millions of people in the United States each year. In 2015, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that that an estimated 12 million adult women and men experienced contact sexual violence, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner in the year preceding the survey. Reports from some victim organizations and law enforcement agencies indicated an uptick in DV during the COVID-19 pandemic. Individuals who experience DV are especially vulnerable to housing instability and financial challenges. Housing instability can include having difficulty paying rent or a mortgage, being denied housing because of past credit or rental history problems, facing threats of eviction, living in over-crowded conditions, or experiencing homelessness. A one-day census count in September 2019 of about 1,700 DV programs (out of nearly 1,900 nationally) indicated that the programs provided 43,000 adult and child victims of DV with short-term emergency shelters, transitional housing (a temporary accommodation