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Minoritised ethnic access to social housing in Scotland at key transition points

By: Deborah Menezes, Gina Netto and Sacha Hasan, Heriot Watt University
Published: June 2023

Minoritised ethnic access to social housing in Scotland at key transition points

This research aims to explore the barriers and challenges that low to middle income
adults from minoritised ethnic communities face in accessing adequate, affordable housing
in Scotland at key transition points.

The research was funded by abrdn Financial Fairness Trust, and led by Heriot Watt University in partnership with Shelter Scotland and CEMVO Scotland.

A Shelter Scotland briefing on the research findings and next steps is also available on Shelter Scotland's policy library, which has been translated into Urdu, simplified Chinese and Arabic.