Event Title
Improving Housing Options for Domestic Abuse Survivors: A National Managed Reciprocal Scheme
Date and Time
📅 Monday, 6 October 2025
🕚 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM (BST)
Location
Online (link provided upon registration)
About this event
For many survivors of domestic abuse, access to housing is a major barrier to seeking safety. In a Women’s Aid survey, 68% of women said lack of housing prevented them from leaving an abusive situation.
As housing providers, we hold a responsibility to provide safe and secure homes for our residents. Every survivor’s risk is unique, which means our response must be creative, flexible, and survivor-centred.
A managed reciprocal scheme offers victims/survivors the opportunity to access affordable, stable housing in a new location—helping them rebuild their lives.
This webinar will explore:
✅ How reciprocal schemes support both housing providers/local authorities and survivors
✅ The wider benefits, including reducing homelessness pressures, increasing housing options, and supporting survivor safety
✅ Our plans for launching a new national managed reciprocal scheme and the next steps ahead
Speakers
- Chair: Nicki Clarke, Head of Housing, STADA
- Guest Speaker: Lisa Clarke, Regional Housing Lead (South), Clarion Housing
📧 Contact: Lisa.Clarke@clarionhg.com
Benefits of a reciprocal scheme
🔹 For Housing Providers / Local Authorities:
- Reduces pressure on homelessness services
- Less demand for temporary accommodation
- Helps meet Part 4 Duties on safe accommodation and secure tenancy provision
- Better use of housing stock and shorter transfer lists
🔹 For Survivors:
- Prevents re-victimisation through loss of tenancy
- Expands housing options geographically
- Provides a supportive relocation framework
- Reduces the postcode lottery in access to safe housing
Cost
🎟 Free – open to all
About DAHA
The Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance (DAHA) sets the benchmark for how housing providers should respond to domestic abuse through its accreditation framework. DAHA is committed to driving systemic change to ensure that housing services are inclusive, intersectional, and anti-racist in their approach.
If you have any questions about the webinar, please email: daha_membership@standingtogether.org.uk.
