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Morning Briefing: May's race audit ‘to show housing inequality’
A new race disparity audit ordered by Theresa May will reportedly show white people are much more likely to own their home than those from black and minority ethnic backgrounds.
In the news
New data from an audit on race disparities is due to be published next week and several news publications have got advance notice of what some of the statistics will show.
The Guardian reports the audit, announced last August, will show two in three white householders own their home, compared to two in five black and minority ethnic householders. The Huffington Post and BBC have also published reports ahead of the publication of the audit’s findings, with Theresa May vowing to act on the findings.
Several newspapers are also reporting the positive impact of the Help to Buy funding announcement on house builders’ balance sheets. The Financial Times reports that Theresa May’s pledge of an extra £10bn for the scheme has boosted the valuation of the largest house builders by a combined £1bn.
As we reported in our Morning Briefing yesterday, however, many commentators are unimpressed by the policy, warning it will merely push up demand and fuel house price inflation.
Elsewhere, The Sun has a story about a millionaire builder who built a shanty town in his garden, and The Guardian reports on what it terms “religious and economic division” in housing policy in Belfast.
The Financial Times has this morning published an article looking at the Grenfell disaster and what it says about inequality in the United Kingdom.
And finally, although it didn’t garner much media coverage, the United Nations yesterday put a release out saying that “ensuring housing affordability is… of strategic importance for development, social peace and equality”.
On social media
The Northern Ireland Housing Executive’s (NIHE) staff appear in a new three-part BBC TV programme called The Landlord (check out the first episode on BBC iPlayer here). Understandably the NIHE is keen to tell Twitter all about it:
Don’t forget our #Lisburn frontline team feature on #TheLandlord on @BBCOneNI tonight at 10:40pm. Take a look behind the @nihecommunity counter and see what life is like in one of our busy offices as we strive to make a difference to those seeking homes. pic.twitter.com/k5tQ3e74h1
— Housing Executive (@nihecommunity)Don't forget our #Lisburn frontline team feature on #TheLandlord on @BBCOneNI tonight at 10:40pm. Take a look behind the @nihecommunity counter and see what life is like in one of our busy offices as we strive to make a difference to those seeking homes. pic.twitter.com/k5tQ3e74h1
— Housing Executive (@nihecommunity) October 2, 2017
What’s on
The Conservative Party’s annual conference continues in Manchester, while the National Housing Federation’s Treasury Management conference takes place in London.
