Young ethnic minority renters are being priced out of their own communities, according to Generation Rent.
In partnership with the media and education organisation for young people, Naked Politics, Generation Rent has found ethnic minority renters under 30 are 18% more likely than white British and Irish renters to have moved away from the area where they grew up.
Ethnic minority renters were also twice as likely to have done so because of affordability reasons.
In the same vein, ethnic minority renters who had remained in the area they grew up were half as likely as white British and Irish respondents to have remained locally because if twas affordable.
Overall, 46% of young ethnic minority people had struggled to find somewhere affordable to rent close enough to their work. This proportion rose to 52% for women within this demographic.
Generation Rent is calling on the government to act as a result, and this to be reflected in the Renters Rights Bill progressing through parliament.
The group is demanding the bill include restrictions on unaffordable rent rises, an introduction of relocation relief for tenants when evicted and an end to the “discriminatory” Right to Rents policy.
“Some move out to live independently from their family, some choose to stay with them - but many young people, especially ethnic minority young people, are being forced to make these decisions because they cannot afford any other alternative,” said Generation Rent, in a statement accompanying the research.
“This cannot continue. We need a system which offers young people opportunity and prospects, not one which limits and restricts them. The government must urgently slam the brakes on unaffordable rent rises so that everyone is able to find safe, secure and affordable homes within their own communities.”
