The research, published on Friday, details how housing insecurity makes women and children more vulnerable to domestic abuse and exploitation. “This often means that women must make the choice to stay with an abuser or leave and navigate homelessness,” the report notes. The report highlights the importance of recognising housing as a crucial part of the solution to ending violence against women. The report also found that marginalised groups of women – including Traveller and Roma women, migrant women, disabled women, women experiencing addiction, and girls in the care system – experience additional barriers to accessing gender-based violence supports and housing services. A separate report published by the NWC in 2024 found that some women, in particular migrant women or international students, had been forced to enter ‘sex for rent’ arrangements with their landlords.

Source: The Irish Times November 28, 2025 19:32 UTC