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Recommendation 22
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Black people face a greater risk of homelessness compared to other ethnic groups.
Conclusion
Black people face a greater risk of homelessness compared to other ethnic groups. This disparity is not explained by poverty or geography alone. Instead, it reflects a combination of factors: direct and indirect racism in housing and related services, structural inequalities like lower home-ownership rates and poorer employment outcomes, and the legacy and contemporary effects of housing and welfare policy. (Conclusion, Paragraph 110)