An ABC investigation has found that the public housing shortage is forcing women in relationships involving severe domestic violence to wait as long as two years for permanent accommodation.
The South Australian Women's Housing Association has more than 500 women and their children on a public housing waiting list.
Last month the Domestic Violence Crisis Centre received 196 calls from women in need of emergency accommodation.
With Adelaide's women's shelters at capacity, more than 160 of them could not be offered a place.
Gilian Cordell from the Crisis Service says the situation is critical.
"We don't know where to advise clients now, we've got to a point where we feel desperate," she said.
Housing SA provides financial assistance for up to six nights emergency hotel accommodation, but domestic violence services say after that many women are being left with nowhere to go.
The State Government says it is trialing a family safety program to ensure adequate services for people in domestic violence are being provided.
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