Britain is the fifth largest national economy in the world, so Black people should rightly expect to live in secure housing and thriving communities. This is not their reality.

• Black people are four times more likely to experience homelessness than white people.¹⁷
• While 70% of White British households own their homes, 31% of Black Caribbean and 22% of Black African households are homeowners.¹⁸
• 15.2% of Black people live in the top 10% of deprived neighbourhoods, compared to 9.9% of the wider population.¹⁹
• Less than 1% of people with a black, black British, Caribbean or African heritage live in the least polluted 10% of areas. This compares with 11% of white people.²⁰
• 14% of Black African households had a problem with damp compared with 4% of White British households.²¹

Insecure, inadequate housing inevitably impacts Black people’s health and wellbeing and perpetuates disadvantage from one generation to the next. As Black people are significantly less likely to own their own homes, they are unable to accumulate wealth through property in their lifetimes.