Violence left mother homeless for 100 days

The homelessness crisis is impacting 49,000 women in Australia every night. (AAP)

After a brief honeymoon period, a woman's new partner became abusive and drove her from her home and into crisis accommodation for months.

Kelly Wilton, a mother of four from Adelaide, lived in a motel paid for by a homelessness charity until recently, and her story is part of a broader crisis affecting almost 50,000 Australian women every single night.