The risk of eviction is a third higher among ethnic minority private renters than it is among white British or Irish renters, new research shows.
A survey of 105 private renters by campaign group Generation Rent found that private renters with a minority ethnic background are 36% more likely to have been threatened with eviction.
The research, which was conducted with the think tank Runnymede Trust in an advisory role, also found that renters with an ethnic minority background were 38% more likely to have been threatened with an unaffordable rent increase.
Dan Wilson Craw, acting director of Generation Rent, said: ‘The minority ethnic renters we spoke to have faced blatant discrimination and racism while navigating the private rented sector. But they also indicated key structural issues, such as income and affordability, which more insidiously acted as further barriers in accessing safe and secure housing.
‘These renters disproportionately live in unsafe housing, faced higher rent and energy bill increases, and encounter more issues with their landlords and letting agents.’
