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How to File a VAWA Complaint: Information on the NEW Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) 2022 Complaint Process

Abstract

VAWA is a federal law that helps all survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. In 2022, VAWA expanded protections for survivors eligible for or participating in federally assisted housing programs. A federally assisted housing program is any housing program that receives federal funding. VAWA 2022 created for the first time a path for survivors to get help when their VAWA rights are violated.  

Effective October 1, 2022, Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) will investigate complaints for VAWA violations. FHEO Notice 2023-01 explains that these complaints will be investigated using HUD’s existing Fair Housing Act complaint process. Here are some common questions regarding the new complaint process

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How to File a VAWA Complaint
Author(s)
National Network to End Domestic Violence
National Alliance to End Sexual Violence
National Housing Law Project

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This project is sponsored under Family Violence Prevention and Services grant awards from the Office of Family Violence Prevention and Service within the Administration for Children and Families at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Office on Violence Against Women and the Office for Victims of Crime at the U.S. Department of Justice, and the Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The interagency collaboration established this domestic violence and housing technical assistance consortium to provide national domestic violence and housing training and resource development.