When Crisis Accommodation Becomes Unsafe -

When Crisis Accommodation Becomes Unsafe is a lived-experience informed systems-accountability and policy briefing report examining failure points within domestic and family violence crisis accommodation pathways in Queensland. The report focuses on the risks created when victim-survivors fleeing domestic and family violence are placed into short-term hotel, motel, or emergency accommodation pathways without adequate safety planning, continuity of support, relocation capacity, systems accountability, or trauma-informed exit pathways. This briefing is informed by lived experience, frontline sector engagement, systems observation, policy analysis, and external practitioner and stakeholder review. It identifies how crisis accommodation can become unsafe when the burden of navigating fragmented systems is placed back onto victim-survivors at the point of highest risk. This report has undergone external practitioner and stakeholder review prior to publication. Review was provided by ten reviewers, including domestic and family violence frontline practitioners and MP/policy stakeholder reviewers. Reviewers considered the report’s clarity, relevance to frontline practice, accuracy of systems issues identified, ethical framing, and practical value for policy and service improvement. This review process strengthens the report’s sector relevance and practice credibility. It does not constitute formal academic journal peer review. LEDSIT Systems Impact Group’s broader lived-experience questionnaire remains active. Raw participant data, identifiable responses, and final analysed findings are not released in this report. Any reference to emerging patterns is made cautiously and does not represent final research findings. Final analysis will occur only after the approved collection period has concluded and relevant ethical requirements have been met. This report is published as an advocacy, systems-accountability, and policy briefing document. It is intended to support policy discussion, service improvement, frontline reflection, and reform of domestic and family violence crisis accommodation responses.