Lack of Recognition For Minority Resident Groups

Housing providers should work with marginalised groups to create better communities, according to a report, Harnessing the Talents of Marginalised Communities, which says there is a ‘lack of understanding’ of self-established refugee community organisations and they are often ‘operating below the radar’. The authors of the paper say these groups are often self-motivated and well organised. ‘Changes in housing policy, such as the reconfiguring of small and black and minority ethnic housing associations, makes recognition of and engagement with newly emerging groups all the more urgent. ‘Recent studies show that marginalisation is linked to structural barriers within society; for instance, institutionalised racism and a lack of political will.’ Find the report on the Race Equality Foundation website.