For Survivors

of Domestic and/or Sexual Violence and Homelessness

Are you a victim or survivor looking for housing help?

Safe Housing Partnerships provides educational resources, information, and training to advocates and service providers who work with survivors and their families. We do not provide 24-hour crisis support or direct services.

If you or someone you know needs help finding local resources for survivors or their families, consider the following:

Call the 24-hour National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 (P) or 1-800-787-3224 (TTY). Visit their website for chat and text options, search the directory of assistance providers and find local resources, or try their interactive guide to safety planning.

You can also find a domestic violence agency in your area by searching https://www.domesticshelters.org.

Scroll through a list of additional helplines and hotlines

A weekday phone, chat, and text-based referral helpline where crime victims can learn about their rights and options.

Talk to someone now. Call or text directly at 1-855-4VICTIM (855-484-2846) or chat online.

Secure, confidential, and anonymous crisis support service specially designed for members of the Department of Defense community affected by sexual assault Call: 877-995-5247 Chat: Online.SafeHelpline.org Discuss: SafeHelpRoom.org
Call: 1-888-373-7888 TTY: 711 Text 233733 Chat

Call 1-800-RUNAWAY
Chat
Email
Visit the National Runaway Safeline Forum

Provides 24/7 crisis support services to LGBTQ young people

Chat

Call 1-866-488-7386

Text ‘Start’ to 678-678

A 24/7 hotline that is ASL accessible for people experiencing abuse

Call 855-812-1001
Email

VictimConnect Resource Center (a weekday phone, chat, and text-based referral helpline where crime victims can learn about their rights and options)

Talk to someone now by calling or texting directly at 1-855-4VICTIM (855-484-2846 ) or
Chat online here

Call: 1-866-331-9474
Chat live here
Text: LOVEIS to 22522

Visit StrongHearts Native Helpline to chat with an advocate or call 1-844-7NATIVE (762-8483).

Confidential 24/7 Support. Chat online at: online.rainn.org or
Call someone who can help: 800-656-4673.

Call: 877-995-5247
Chat: Online.SafeHelpline.org
Discuss: SafeHelpRoom.org

Call 1-888-373-7888
TTY: 711
Text: 233733
Chat with someone now

Call 1-800-RUNAWAY (800-786-2929)
Chat with someone now
Email
Visit the National Runaway Safeline Forum

Call 855-812-1001 or contact someone by Email

Text START to 678-678
Chat with someone now
Call the hotline

For Help Finding Local or State-Level Housing Assistance

Browse the HUD Exchange Need Housing Assistance? and Need Homeless Assistance? web pages for help finding local agencies. Learn How to Get Help If You Are Experiencing Homelessness from the National Alliance to End Homelessness.

Download the Two-Page Resource Guide for Survivors

Download guide

Use the Tribal Resource Tool, a searchable directory of services available for all American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) survivors of crime and abuse in Indian Country.

Visit WomensLaw.org for plain-language legal information for victims of abuse and/or contact their email hotline.

Advocate Tip for Survivors:

If for whatever reason — no shelter space, discrimination, etc. — you’re struggling to get help from the local domestic and/or sexual violence program in your county, you might consider reaching out to your statewide domestic and/or sexual violence coalition or a housing justice or legal aid lawyer.

Do you know about your rights under VAWA?

The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) is a federal law that, in part, provides housing protections for people applying for or living in units subsidized by the federal government and who have experienced domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, to help keep them safe and reduce their likelihood of experiencing homelessness. Read more about your rights as a domestic and sexual violence survivor in federally assisted housing from the National Housing Law Project. For more information on your rights under VAWA, or to file a complaint, visit: www.hud.gov/vawa.