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In reply to the discussion: Call police about domestic violence and get evicted [View all]strategery blunder
(4,225 posts)19. The threat of eviction deters victims from seeking help.
I really don't get why that is such a difficult concept for you to grasp.
No, I should not have had to stay there. No, my mother should not have had to stay there. But the fact remains that for far too many DV victims, it really is a choice between the hell of abuse and the hell of homelessness, and society does jack shit to address the second. It might not be a "real winner of an idea," but for far too many it is the reality.
Evicting people for trying to seek justice for themselves and their children is only going to make the problem of homelessness that much worse.
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blame the victim of domestic violence on the person getting hit/punched/killed
CreekDog
Apr 2013
#34
what you're saying is if the perp gets in trouble, his victims need to be evicted
CreekDog
Apr 2013
#35
this is your position, quoted verbatim, it sounds like you don't want to take responsibility for it:
CreekDog
Apr 2013
#44
You're bending over backwards to defend someone who is calling for these people to be evicted
CreekDog
Apr 2013
#71
go where? she doesn't care, not one bit. well, she cares about the landlord and neighbors
CreekDog
Apr 2013
#69
Yeah, let's just make the children forced to witness said violence homeless.
strategery blunder
Apr 2013
#14
It's generally going to be the abuser who is breaking the terms of the lease...
strategery blunder
Apr 2013
#29
The first amendment has nothing to do with her renting a piece of private land.
NCTraveler
Apr 2013
#25
WTF? here's the 1st amendment issue...from the article that you did not read
noiretextatique
Apr 2013
#79
You've pretty much made the cops case for them by illustrating the decisions they face themselves
R B Garr
Apr 2013
#51
It is a very good idea. And one I believe many legislators would get behind in many states.
NCTraveler
Apr 2013
#62