WHERE CAN I LIVE ONCE I MAKE THE DECISION TO FINISH THE RELATIONSHIP?
I DO NOT WANT TO MOVE OUT
If you wish to stay at your home address and it is either in your name, or joint names, there are several option open to you. If the abusive person has been arrested, you can ask the police to ensure there are bail conditions to prevent them returning to that address, from contacting you, or approaching you at your place of work etc. You can also ask them to apply for a non harassment order on your behalf.
If there are no criminal proceedings, you could apply for an interdict through your solicitor.
Please click HERE to read more about the options above.
Unfortunately, if the house is in your partners name and you moved in with them, you may have no alternative than to find alternative accommodation.
YOU COULD STAY IN A REFUGE
A refuge is a place for women, who are fleeing domestic abuse, and need somewhere safe to stay. Their locations are not advertised, or well known, and are kept confidential. There are over 500 refuges, and support services in the UK.
You do not need to be married, have children or be a certain age to go into the refuge and whilst you do get race/religion specific refuge's, any female of any race/religion can find safety in one.
If you do have children, there are some refuge's which have self contained family flats, however males over the age of 16 will rarely be allowed to stay, with some refuge's having an upper age limit of 13 or 14 years old. You can check with the refuge you hope to stay in - details can be found on the resources page.
LOCAL AUTHORITY
You can declare yourself homeless to your local authority, who will provide you with emergency accommodation. This is often a bed and breakfast to start with, just so you have somewhere safe to stay, to allow you time to find alternative accommodation.
You may be entitled to a house/flat from the local authority, however this is something you would need to discuss with them.
There are numerous other agencies who may be able to help. You can reach out to them by finding the one that seems most suited to your needs on the resources page.
If you wish to stay at your home address and it is either in your name, or joint names, there are several option open to you. If the abusive person has been arrested, you can ask the police to ensure there are bail conditions to prevent them returning to that address, from contacting you, or approaching you at your place of work etc. You can also ask them to apply for a non harassment order on your behalf.
If there are no criminal proceedings, you could apply for an interdict through your solicitor.
Please click HERE to read more about the options above.
Unfortunately, if the house is in your partners name and you moved in with them, you may have no alternative than to find alternative accommodation.
YOU COULD STAY IN A REFUGE
A refuge is a place for women, who are fleeing domestic abuse, and need somewhere safe to stay. Their locations are not advertised, or well known, and are kept confidential. There are over 500 refuges, and support services in the UK.
You do not need to be married, have children or be a certain age to go into the refuge and whilst you do get race/religion specific refuge's, any female of any race/religion can find safety in one.
If you do have children, there are some refuge's which have self contained family flats, however males over the age of 16 will rarely be allowed to stay, with some refuge's having an upper age limit of 13 or 14 years old. You can check with the refuge you hope to stay in - details can be found on the resources page.
LOCAL AUTHORITY
You can declare yourself homeless to your local authority, who will provide you with emergency accommodation. This is often a bed and breakfast to start with, just so you have somewhere safe to stay, to allow you time to find alternative accommodation.
You may be entitled to a house/flat from the local authority, however this is something you would need to discuss with them.
There are numerous other agencies who may be able to help. You can reach out to them by finding the one that seems most suited to your needs on the resources page.
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