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Plain-language ebooks on housing, recovery and rebuilding after abuse, written by The HerPathHome team with over a decade on the frontline. The crisis information on this site is free and always will be: these deeper guides are for the rebuilding that comes after, and every purchase supports HerPathHome's work.
The book behind everything on this platform. Why housing is the foundation for recovery after trauma; why a house is only the beginning; and what it truly takes to transform four walls into the safety, dignity and belonging a life can be rebuilt from. If you read one thing from HerPathHome, read this.
Get the book →Getting the keys is the beginning, not the end. This guide is about everything that comes after: feeling safe in a space, not just being safe in it; making somewhere yours after years when nothing was; and the slow, real work of turning four walls into the foundation you rebuild from.
Get the guide →If navigating housing, benefits and support services has left you exhausted and doubting yourself: this guide explains why. What the system demands of survivors, why it feels designed to wear you down, and how to move through it with your energy and self-belief protected.
Get the guide →The register, the bandings, the bidding, the waiting: social housing has its own language, and nobody hands you the dictionary. This guide explains how the system really works, what your banding means, and how to give yourself the strongest position while you wait.
Get the guide →Starting again with nothing is not starting from nothing: you bring everything you survived. A guide for the first weeks and months after homelessness, covering the practical foundations and the quieter work of settling, belonging, and beginning again.
Get the guide →New guides are added regularly. See every title, current prices and instant downloads on our Payhip store.
Know Your Rights: Housing and Domestic Abuse in England: free to every subscriber, covering the essential legal rights everyone should know.