Crisis accommodation for victim-survivors of family and domestic violence

Since 2017, crisis accommodation capacity for victim-survivors of family and domestic violence has increased by 40%. Building on this, a further 88 accommodation rooms or units are to be delivered over the next 4 years. Over the last 2 years, this has included the opening of 2 new refuges in the Perth metropolitan (Zonta and Ruah Community Services); continued funding for Munda Mia, a therapeutic intervention for women escaping violence with co-occurring alcohol and other drug issues; establishment of 2 new regional refuges in Katanning and Leonora; and the expansion of a number of existing refuges. All organisations providing refuge and safe houses services have also been supported through a funding uplift.

In 2025, the Department of Communities engaged ANROWS to undertake a Rapid Review of family and domestic violence safe accommodation options in Western Australia.