Homelessness Amongst Black and Minoritised Ethnic Communities in the UK: A Statistical Report on the State of the Nation

Funded by Oak Foundation and in partnership with Race on the Agenda, thisknowledge and capacity building programme undertaken by the Instituteof Social Policy, Housing and Equalities Research (I-SPHERE) at Heriot-WattUniversity aims to support a fundamental step change in the UK evidencebase on homelessness amongst people from Black and minoritised ethniccommunities. This first published output uses statistical analysis of ten keysurvey, household and administrative datasets to assess the ‘state of thenation’ with regard to people from Black and minoritised backgrounds’experience of homelessness in the UK. The ten datasets analysed vary interms of geographical reach, whether they capture information on individualpeople or households, the categorisations of ethnicity they employ and therelevant factors they include; however, they paint a largely consistent picture.In addition, the programme seeks to train and equip a new cohort of early career researchers from Black and minoritised ethnic communities to drive forward progressive knowledge generation and policy and practice change in this field. This will be achieved in part via a paid internship programme. We are also working with a range of organisations to establish and strengthen partnerships that can effectively communicate and advocate for change.