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Migrants and the private housing sector
Jen Pearce, Building and Social Housing Foundation, Better Housing opinion piece 22, Race Equality Foundation, March 2013
The growth of the private rented sector is a subject that has been of increasing public and political interest, particularly over the last couple of... -
Tackling homelessness within the travelling communities
Whitwell, Chris, Friends, Families and Travellers, Better Housing Opinion piece 21, Race Equality Foundation, November 2012
Friends, Families and Travellers is an organisation which seeks to end racism and discrimination against Gypsies and Travellers, whatever their... -
Tackling the prevalence of Tuberculosis amongst poorly housed minority ethnic communities in London
Patel, Heenali & Sharma, Kiran, ARCHIVE, Better Housing 20, Race Equality Foundation, July 2012
This briefing argues that the spread of tuberculosis (TB) is exacerbated in urban communities where overcrowding, inadequate ventilation, and the... -
Meeting the supported housing needs of black and minority ethnic communities
Jones, Adrian & Bignall, Tracey, Better Housing 19, Race Equality Foundation, February 2012
The briefing examines the use of specialist housing services to support black and minority ethnic communities, providing good practice examples for... -
Housing benefit and welfare reform: Impact of the proposed changes on black and minority ethnic communities
Beasor, Sue, Housing Quality Network, Better Housing Briefing Paper 18, Race Equality Foundation, April 2011
The coalition government has introduced a package of measures intended to reduce the increasing cost of Housing Benefit (HB). This paper examines the... -
Housing and identity: how place makes race
Dorling, Danny, Better Housing Briefing Paper 17, Race Equality Foundation, March 2011
This opinion piece describes the interaction between ‘place’ and ‘race’, arguing that in more unequal societies race becomes... -
Black and minority ethnic communities' experience of overcrowding
Jones, Adrian, Better Housing Briefing Paper 16, Race Equality Foundation, August 2010
The issue of overcrowding, how it can be defined and what steps can be can be taken to resolve it, has been recognised as a major, and increasing,... -
Linking black and minority ethnic organisations with mainstream homeless service providers
Netto, Gina & Gavrielides, Theo, Better Housing Briefing Paper 15, Race Equality Foundation, May 2010
This paper argues that homelessness service provision to black and minority ethnic communities should be informed by in-depth knowledge and... -
Harnessing the talents of marginalised communities
Jones, Patricia A & Hussain, Sarfraz, Better Housing Briefing Paper 14, Race Equality Foundation, February 2010
This paper encourages social housing providers to forge meaningful relationships with refugee community organisations and others right from the... -
Monitoring the ethnicity of housing service users: forty years of progress?
Jones, Adrian, Better Housing Briefing Paper 13, Race Equality Foundation, November 2009
It is 40 years since ethnic monitoring in housing services was first recommended, but this paper suggests that true monitoring is in decline. Whilst...
Briefings
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