Race, Ethnicity and Homelessness in the UK: Final report of a knowledge and capacity building programme
Published on 1 January, 2025.
This research and capacity building programme sought to contribute to a step change in the knowledge base on homelessness amongst minoritised ethnic communities in the UK. Combining extensive quantitative analysis with qualitative insights from senior stakeholders, frontline workers and people with lived experience, the findings provide compelling evidence of stark ethnic inequalities in homelessness in the contemporary UK. This final programme report draws together the main findings from across these existing reports. It also presents new and updated statistical analysis, including analysis of c.750,000 household-level records from the ‘H-CLIC’ homelessness administrative system in England1, secured under special access arrangements, alongside original findings of focus group discussions with 39 people from minoritised communities with direct experience of homelessness. Our main findings and key recommendations are summarised below