Housing black and minority ethnic communities:

Housing Policy, (De)segregation and Social Mixing: An International Perspective

“…Others have highlighted the link between residential segregation and social exclusion in other spheres of opportunity. For example, Johnston et al (2002), Somerville & Steele (2002) and Harrison with Phillips (2003) have argued that residential segregation within deprived inner city areas can generate 'cumulative disadvantage' for black and minority ethnic groups living in Britain. Andersen (2002) has explored the mutually reinforcing association between segregated, disadvantaged ethnic groups and 'excluded places' in Denmark, whilst Permentier et al (2008) have shown that there is a very strong negative association between ethnic concentration and neighbourhood reputation.…”

The Search for Community Cohesion: Key Themes and Dominant Concepts of the Public Policy Agenda

“…The precise consequences are difficult to predict, however, minority ethnic people being active agents, rather than passive recipients of consumption opportunities, who can devise strategies of avoidance, accommodation and resistance even within these most constrained of circumstances (Harrison, 2003;Law, 1996). and therefore out-of-bounds by some minority ethnic people (Phillips et al, 2002;Robinson et al, 2004).…”

Embedded Integration and Organisational Change in Housing Providers in the UK

“…Rex and Moore, 1967). There is a body of work clearly demonstrating that the majority of minority ethnic groups reported higher levels of overcrowding, poorer housing conditions and experiences and greater levels of segregation into deprived areas than the general population (Harrison and Phillips, 2003). The Home Office (2005,2009) themselves acknowledged that employment and housing were the two main social policy areas that were fundamental to integration.…”