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Homelessness & BME communities
Around 40% of Londoners are from a black or minority ethnic (BME) backgrounds. Evidence suggests that BME groups are more likely to suffer housing difficulties or homelessness and that BME people's experience of homelessness is often affected by their ethnicity. This page brings together research, resources and events relating to BME groups and homelessness.
Resources | Policy and Research |
Resources
- Spotlight on Homelessness & BME communities - access notes from our January 2007 best practice event.
- Race On The Agenda (ROTA) - London focused social policy think tank working with London's BME communities.
- MiNet - Minority Network is the network of networks of the BME volnutary & community sector in London. It is hosted by ROTA.
- Commission for Racial Equality - their factfile on housing & homelessness and their funding programme for racial equality work.
- Federation of Black Housing Associations - a national membership organisation promoting a diverse and dynamic social housing sector.
- BME Spark - a network of practitioners focused on meeting the needs of BME people in Supporting People services.
- Community Development Foundation (CDF)- runs the Connecting Communities Plus funding programme for increasing race equality and community cohesion.
- Ethnic minorities innovation fund - projects funded through £3m DCLG fund to tackle homelessness amongst ethnic minority populations.
Policy and Research
- The Advice Gap - barriers to housing advice for people from BME communities, Shelter 2007
- London's Ethnic Profile - statistics from the CRE
- BME housing crisis - Shelter report, 2004
- Homelessness amongst ethnic minorty populations - ODPM commissioned research, 2005
- Different Paths - a study of the housing experiences of BME disabled and D/deaf people, 2005