Educating women about their housing rights and options is a vital role for advocates and attorneys. The following are useful resources. Though the content addresses domestic violence and housing in the United States, it can serve as a useful model for other countries.

• Martin, Emily J. and Stern, Naomi S. “Domestic Violence and Public and Subsidized Housing: Addressing the Needs of Battered Tenants through Local Housing Policy,” Clearinghouse REVIEW Journal of Poverty Law and Policy, January-February 2005
  An overview of barriers in US public housing; useful for advocates and attorneys
• Stern, Naomi, “Early Lease Termination by Battered Tenants,” Domestic Violence Report, February/March 2005
  Includes strategies for negotiating early lease terminations; intended for attorneys.  A summary is available as a PDF file.
• American Civil Liberties Union, “Housing Discrimination and Domestic Violence,” 26 October 2004; National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, “Housing Discrimination against Abused Women”
  Basic fact sheets with information on actions to take
• Greater Boston Legal Services, “Housing checklist for victims of domestic violence,” October 1999; “Advice for Households (Victims of Domestic Violence/Reprisal) Who Are Seeking Affordable Housing But Who Are Not Citizens or Permanent Resident Aliens”
  Information for victims; addresses multiple housing situations
• Legal Momentum, “Violence Against Women: Housing Discrimination,” 2005
  Includes news, resources, and information about national, state, and local cases and legislation in the United States