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

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 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.

A man in Salem was arrested after his domestic partner, who had been reported missing, was found dead in a parking lot with a gunshot wound to the head.

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.