Housing Empowerment, Minority Ethnic Organisations, and Public Policy in the U.K

Discusses the English Housing Corp's strategy for black-run & minority ethnic housing associations in the context of trends in housing conditions, public policy, & the circumstances of minority ethnic households. The contribution of housing associations in UK social rented housing is explained, & the role of the black voluntary housing movement outlined. Case studies & a 1991 survey of organizations (N not provided) reveal that, although black-run housing organizations are small in terms of numbers of units of housing in management, their impact on the housing scene has been important. The substantial encouragement given to the growth of these associations by the government's Housing Corp has been an extraordinary feature within UK social policy in the last decade. For the first time, an agency of central government set out to cater for organizational separatism within a major funding program in the interests of minority ethnic communities. 14 References. Modified AA