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In reply to the discussion: Call police about domestic violence and get evicted [View all]lapislzi
(5,762 posts)In a perfect world, the landlord could, with the help of law enforcement, neighbors, family, and victim advocates, assist the victim with an order of protection and rental subsidy until the situation stabilizes. The landlord himself is perfectly within his rights to seek an order of protection if a tenant is causing mayhem on his property.
The reality of abuse (as I am sure you know) is that the abuser does everything in his power to separate his victim from any and all support structures. It can and does become quite extreme. The victim is typically terribly isolated. Case in point: my abuser moved us nine times in the course of two years. By the end, I was literally perched in a cottage on the very southernmost tip of Africa. There was nothing between me and Antarctica. One road in and out, and no car--and an infant. No one could hear, and no one would have cared if they had. That's what it means to be separated from your support structures.
Really, one person and one person only is deserving of eviction. The victim deserves every available resource to ensure and reinforce the decision that leaving an abusive relationship is the only safe, sane way to go.
I am saddened that we don't live in such a world.