It is a national disgrace that demands a national approach. Over one third of people who accessed specialist homelessness services over the three years to 2013-14 were seeking assistance due to domestic and family violence. The majority of those were women - 110,000 women compared to 12,000 men– and more than 45,000 of this group were women with children.
for limiting the welfare state, for example public funding for social services or social security, e.g. private care before state care