Gavin Smart Chief Executive of the Chartered Institute of Housing writes The official Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, in...

Housing Rights Newsletter April 2021Download

Our overall feeling on reading the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities (or Sewell) Report is of disappointment and disbelief. The...

How new immigration rules affect housing and benefits The first newsletter of 2021 from the CIH and BMENational focuses on the...

We note with dismay the plans by the Home Office to continue with mass deportations to Jamaica. With a continuing health emergency...

Innisfree’s story started in 1985 when the unmet housing needs of the Irish communities in London prompted some activists to set up a new...

Bangla Housing Association, based in East London where there is a high proportion of Asian and ethnic minority residents, recently...

A call to action from Khalid Mair of the Imani Housing Co-operative You may be familiar with this story, or not so, but let me tell it...

Missed our last webinar? Full recording and presentation slides are now available! On June 8th, we hosted our webinar on BME...

By Tracey Gore It has taken me sometime to be ready to put my thoughts down on paper in respect of the murder of George Floyd and the...

The pandemic has shed a light on existing inequalities in society. Housing is an important social determinant of health, and the current...

BME National fully supports and joins in with other race equality organisations into calling for an independent review of the Home...

This newsletter, from the Chartered Institute of Housing and BMENational, keeps you up-to-date with developments around the housing...

Leeds BME-housing association CEO “humbled” by recognition in New Year Honours List Ali Akbor, Chief Executive of Unity Homes and...

Cambridge University’s Dr Neil Stott and Michelle Fava have authored a study that examines how Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) housing...

Chair of BMENational Cym D’Souza with some of the Arawak Walton team With an election taking place on December 12th, BMENational has...

Senior figures from housing, charity and faith organisations have gathered in Bradford for a summit on improving provision for black and...

We have launched our BME Mission Statement today. Much more to follow on this; if you want to read it it is here BME National Mission...

October’s BMENational/Chartered Institute of Housing newsletter has landed. Read about developments in housing rights for migrants on the...

Photo by Paula Schmidt on Pexels.com Ok so let’s not have this as one of those vague posts about things we can’t tell you yet, and fill...