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If the government wants to tackle racial inequality it must act from the top

If the government wants to tackle racial inequality it must act from the top

October 19, 2017

The government’s race disparity audit presents some basic facts about ethnic minorities and their position in the housing market. But incredibly, it says almost nothing about why the “disparities” with white British people occur. For example, the problem of discrimination is mentioned only once in the report, and then in relation to jobs. You can […]

Category: Housing, Migration | Tags: private rented sector, race, right to rent

What are the ingredients for successful Gyspy and Traveller sites?

What are the ingredients for successful Gyspy and Traveller sites?

December 13, 2016

As a new report highlights the importance of providing sites for the estimated 150,000 members of the Gypsy and Traveller population, John Perry explores what it takes to provide sites which work. Last month came a reminder about what was claimed five years ago to be Britain’s biggest unauthorised Traveller encampment, when the local authority […]

Category: Housing | Tags: homelessness, race, Gypsies and Travellers

How can housing organisations respond to Louise Casey’s review into integration?

How can housing organisations respond to Louise Casey’s review into integration?

December 7, 2016

As Dame Louise Casey’s independent review into opportunity and integration reveals the challenges facing the UK CIH’s senior policy advisor John Perry asks how housing organisations can contribute. Louise Casey asks some uncomfortable questions about Britain’s failure to integrate newcomers to the country. She’s not the first to have done so, but has produced the latest […]

Category: Housing, Migration | Tags: community cohesion, migration policy, race

Tackling discrimination in housing

Tackling discrimination in housing

September 27, 2016

Given the increase in race-related hate crime before and since June’s referendum, housing organisations need to be even more alert to possible discrimination in housing than they were before. CIH has already warned about the likely effects in the private rented sector of the new ‘right to rent’ document checks that began in England in […]

Category: Housing, Migration | Tags: race, private rented sector, migration

Book review: ‘Sleepwalking to segregation’? – Challenging myths about race and migration by Nissa Finney and Ludi Simpson

Book review: ‘Sleepwalking to segregation’? – Challenging myths about race and migration by Nissa Finney and Ludi Simpson

February 26, 2009

Sleepwalking to Segregation? challenges many of the myths about migration and ethnic groups in Britain.  Here are some of the myths – and the real evidence – about issues that often come up in discussion about housing and communities, as considered in the book.

Category: Migration, Book reviews | Tags: community cohesion, migration, integration, race

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