Gambling Harms, Domestic Abuse and Housing

This project explores the links between gambling harms (GHs) and domestic abuse (DA). Explores the views of women with lived experience of gambling-related DA and DA-related gambling, alongside insights from professionals across housing, GHs services, and DA support services. It highlights how gambling can drive economic abuse, coercive control, debt, housing instability, & homelessness.

The study shows that these harms often remain under-recognised within frontline services, meaning many victim-survivors are only identified at crisis point.

Alongside the report “Gambling Harms and Domestic Abuse: A Focus on Women and Their Housing”, the project also produced a practical resource for housing professionals and a series of five podcasts to support learning across sectors.

This independent research was funded by a regulatory settlement approved by the Gambling Commission.

Watch to learn more about the findings and why stronger cross-sector responses are needed.