Activity details
Trialling a pilot project delivering medium-term (up to 18 months) accommodation together with family violence and other universal and specialist services support program coordination. To people who have experienced family violence, via funding through the National Partnership on Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence Responses 2021–2023.
This activity is part of a broader activity to provide a holistic approach to meeting victim-survivors’ short, medium and long term accommodation needs and reducing the risks of homelessness for victim-survivors.
Implementation progress update
The Exit Pathways pilot project helps women and children who are unable to safely return home or to find affordable housing on their own after their stay in family violence refuge and crisis accommodation.
This project provides victim survivors with subsidised housing in the private rental and housing market for up to 18 months, in conjunction with support from family violence, housing and other services following their exit from refuge. Since commencement, the program has assisted a total of 156 households through to 30 June 2025.
Exit Pathways addresses some of the financial barriers for women and children who are ready to leave. In turn, this creates vacancies in the refuge system for new people at serious risk who require this critical intervention.
Further information about the Exit Pathways Program can be found at Exit Pathways Program
More information
- Learn about the National Plan to End Violence against women and children 2022-2032.
- Read the First Action Plan 2023-2027.
- Browse the First Action Plan 2023-2027 Activities Addendum update.