Hi all, thank you for the replies. This is something I have been dealing with such a long time now. I did leave him earlier this year, I stayed at a women's shelter and waited for help financially and a place to live. After 4 months I still had nowhere to go so I had to accept his plea that he would help me get into a home by signing a rental lease with him in agreement that he would attend counselling for abusive men, see a doctor about his mental health and get a job and help financially also.
Of course, he never did any of those things, and is now staying in the home because he 'has nowhere else to stay'.
I don't want to leave again, I don't want to be homeless again or stay in a shelter. I have a job and finally have my life back on track.. he just is dragging me down
I'm going to try calling victim services again today to see if I can get an emergency protection order so that I can stay in our home and try and continue life as normally as possible for my 3 children.