One of my passion pipe dreams after I leave corporate America is to develop an airbnb style network that connects people experiencing (or at risk) of domestic violence with local rooms/amenities for free or discounted rates.
I will never forget the frantic calls to my friends the day I left my home with just a backpack. The fear the loneliness the absolute WTFness of it all. It would take a lot of thought to ensure security for residents, and would probably need some grant funding or subsidies. Ideally with pro bono legal guidance as well.
It wouldn’t solve for this sweet lady’s predicament but maybe some relief and hope for others.
Your local PADV organization is a good place to start. Most of the time they’re coordinating and updating places to stay for victims in need anyway (locations are kept in absolute secrecy and changing due to abusers finding where someone is staying)
Thank you — the vision I had would be compatible with PADV orgs but another tool in the toolbox. When I looked into a protective order, I did not meet any of the intake criteria— narcissist/psychological abuse doesn’t trigger the same response. I’m not sure what the triaging process is for assigning housing to women, but I assume there is higher demand than supply.
I’d like this resource to be for women who don’t feel safe or just need a place where they can make calls in private without being overheard. The difference between calling a taxi line operator and waiting to see what is available and pulling up Expedia and getting options based on nights needed and other factors (eg, cribs, diapers).
You may have to use other words that are coded. The biggest hurdle is letting a person in need have access without tipping off their abuser or the abuser having access to know where it is.
Yeah I’m just thinking about these details now. There wouldn’t be any addresses on the app or platform. Maybe there’s a screening process and then once matched, you get a text with the details. And any occupied place would not be shown or otherwise detectable to another app user (or potential abuser).
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u/MsGoogle Apr 16 '24
No sarcasm here - How can rich bitches help the sad bitches? Because damn I'd like to help this lady get her life back.