Housing, Care and Support: Volume 11 Issue 2

Reducing racism and promoting equality: everyone's business

My housing experiences

In my article I describe the experiences I have had as a social housing tenant. In particular, I document my struggles as a black disabled woman to be recognised as an intelligent…

Disabled children and housing needs

This article outlines the housing situation facing families with disabled children, and particularly draws attention to the additional disadvantage experienced by families with…

Tackling what lies beneath the surface: The racism reduction agenda and global, EU and UK approaches to tackling racist hostility

This article makes the case for a ‘racism reduction’ agenda that aims to promote action to reduce racism. It argues for placing this mission and its agenda at the core of agency…

Empowerment, racist incidents and casework practice

Empowerment is a key value when working with clients subject to racist incidents in housing services. Casework practice is the process whereby, for example, housing officers…

Choice and participation in sheltered housing for black and minority ethnic elders

Belonging in Britain: black older people's experiences of a sheltered housing scheme in London

My research, entitled ‘The negotiation of belonging among long‐term West Indian migrants residing in a sheltered housing scheme in Brixton, London’, examined the intricacies of…

Meeting the sheltered and extra care housing needs of black and minority ethnic older people: a Race Equality Foundation briefing paper