Housing Providers Help Detect Domestic Abuse

Calls to housing providers requesting help with lock changes, smashed windows, or reporting loud sex are now being flagged as potential signs of domestic violence. Housing associations are increasingly training staff on detecting evidence of domestic violence - believed to be the UK's most underreported crime - after one social landlord found an increase in reported cases of 1,500%. "On average two women a week are murdered by their current of former partner and it is imperative that services re