THE EQUALITY IMPLICATIONS OF BEING A MIGRANT IN BRITAIN
Figure 7.5
Tenure by nationality 40–100,000, UK, 2005/7
Accommodation details in countries with population in the UK between 100,000 and 40,000, 2005-2007 Philippines Somalia Ghana Canada Cyprus Turkey Spain Portugal Netherlands Iran New Zealand Malaysia Lithuania Uganda Iraq Afghanistan Slovakia Singapore Brazil
0% Source: LFS 2005Q4-2007Q3
10%
20% Owned Outright
30%
40%
50%
Being bought with mortgage or loan
60%
70%
Part rent, part mortgage
80% Rented
90%
100%
Rent free
Source: LFS and IPPR calculations (IPPR, 2007).
The proportion of migrants in social housing, therefore, is relatively low, but there are significant differences between different groups of migrants. As shown in Table 7.5, some countries from which refugees and asylum seekers are more likely to come have higher proportions in social housing than the UK-born, while nationalities comprising mainly economic migrants are more likely to have lower percentages in social housing.
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