If you have clients experiencing family and domestic violence in their rental home they can chose to stay or leave. See more on the Violence in a rental home page.

Factsheets and useful information

• Safe Tenancy WA poster 
• Department of Communities - family and domestic violence support and advice and disaster and emergency support services
• Find a tenant advocate in WA 
• Directory of WA’s community legal centres 
• eSafety Commissioner - eSafety Women
• RSPCA WA Pets In Crisis Program 
• Women at Risk Trust - Your Toolkit

Training

The eSafety Commissioner offers training for frontline workers on technology-facilitated abuse.

Past training sessions video:

• Family Law Pathways Network training session 
• 'Keeping perpertrators housed' 

Support services

A list of support services is available from Department of Communities. 

Multilingual resources

• Indian Ocean Territories - translation to Malay and Simplified Chinese

The Safe Tenancy WA video is available on Vimeo in the following translations:

• ​Arabic | العربية
• Burmese | မြန်မာ
• English
• Somali | Soomaali
• Vietnamese | Tiếng Việt
• Chinese simplified | 简体中文 

Family Violence orders

National Domestic Violence Order Scheme - The National Domestic Violence Order Scheme aims to better protect victims and their families. Existing state and territory laws protecting victims and affected family members from domestic violence have not changed. Local police will enforce the conditions regardless of where the DVO was issued.

Restraining orders - applications for a Family Violence Restraining Order (FVRO) are made through the Magistrates Court.  Legal Aid's Interim Family Violence Restraining Order guide provides comprehensive information about obtaining a FVRO. 

Changes to the application process for restraining orders mean that victims of family and domestic violence can now apply online. 

Family Violence Restraining Orders explained by Legal Aid WA

A Legislation

Full copies of the legislation are available from:

• Residential Tenancies Act 1987
• Residential Tenancies Legislation Amendment (Family Violence) Bill 2018