The Changing Ethnic Structure of Housing Tenures in London, 1991—2001

Chris Hamnett and Tim Butler
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Tim Butler: Department of Geography, King's College, Strand London, WC2R 2LS, UK, tim.butler@kcl.ac.uk

Urban Studies, 2010, vol. 47, issue 1, 55-74

Abstract: This paper examines the changing ethnic composition of housing tenures in London (inner and outer) from 1991 to 2001. The question that it addresses is the extent to which ethnic minorities have become increasingly concentrated in social and privately rented housing in the inner city, as much of the literature on other European and American cities suggests, and the extent to which some of them have been able to move outwards and upwards into suburban ownership. The period 1991—2001 is particularly important in London because it witnessed a major increase in the size and importance of its ethnic minority population and important changes in its tenure structure. The introduction of an ethnicity question in the 1991 census permits analysis over time. The paper shows both an increase in suburban ethnic minority ownership and a growing concentration of ethnic minority groups in social and privately rented housing.

Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1177/0042098009346866

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