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.

Police block Third Avenue in Albany where a man was shot in the leg by police officers on Sunday morning. The scene where a man was shot in the leg by police offers on Third Avenue in Albany's ...

To understand the impact of domestic ... Portland, Oregon. During those sessions, guests anonymously talked with the reporter about their experiences with homelessness, gender-based violence ...

Ashley Ann Crook, a domestic violence mentor at Oregon nonprofit ... a transitional women’s shelter in the heart of Oregon, about 25 miles north of Albany and Corvallis, the amount of time ...

To break free from the domestic abuse and to protect her children, Rachel experienced homelessness in hopes of something safer on the other side.

In 2018 Ruth Monroy, Juan Perla and their children, including a then-infant son, fled their home country of El Salvador to escape gang violence. The decision comes after more than a year of strife and upwards of $200,000 in legal fees on the city's behalf.

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.

A widowed husband has honoured his late wife's memory by turning a rundown weatherboard cottage into a safe home for women and children escaping domestic violence ... city of Albany on WA's ...

Most cities, such as Portland where Michelle now lives, do not offer many safe, clean, accessible or free restrooms despite public health experts acknowledging the very real, very ordinary need.

Most women who have experienced homelessness report experiencing violence from strangers. Transgender women find they face additional challenges.