‘Unprecedented’: domestic violence shelters reach capacity amid Queensland housing crisis

Shelters have be forced to place women escaping domestic violence in hotels or in refuges far from their support networks due to the housing crisis in Queensland. Photograph: Andrew Aitchison/Corbis/Getty Images

Domestic violence shelters in Queensland say they are struggling to make space for new arrivals, with the housing crisis forcing women to stay in some refuges for years.

The added strain on the sector has created a bottleneck , with shelters having to place some women in hotels or refuges far from their support networks.