No place like home? The cost and conditions of housing for ethnic minority households

In recent decades the UK has become an increasingly diverse country. And yet, persistent and significant ethnic inequalities remain. While the jobs and pay gaps experienced by those from an ethnic minority are becoming better understood, the key living standards question of housing affordability is still under-discussed. With even higher-income ethnic minority groups spending a greater share of their budgets on keeping a roof over their heads compared to White British households, the puzzle of why they are paying more for their housing remains unsolved.

How much of the housing affordability gap can be explained by age, tenure and location? How do housing conditions differ between ethnic minority groups? How do these inequalities feed into the country’s wider housing crisis? And what can policy do to ensure the most disadvantaged groups benefit from improvements to Britain’s housing stock? 

Speakers:

Florence Eshalomi MP, Chair of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee

Kwajo Tweneboa, Social issues campaigner

Camron Aref-Adib, Researcher at the Resolution Foundation

Ruth Curtice, Chief Executive of the Resolution Foundation (Chair)