Select committee: Women and Equalities Committee
Conclusion 23
1st Report - Black people’s experiences of homelessness
Published 15 Jul 2026
Addressed to Government Equalities Office
Women and Equalities Committee Black homelessness All items in this report Report on parliament.uk ↗ Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Conclusion (the committee's words)
The government’s National Plan to End Homelessness and increased investment in social housing are very welcome. However, it is disappointing that there is little recognition in the Plan of the disproportionate impact of homelessness on Black people or any targeted commitments to address it. Policies and programmes that do not consider racial inequalities will continue to leave Black people disproportionately affected and risk delegating the responsibility for addressing racial inequalities onto third sector organisations and Black communities themselves. (Conclusion, Paragraph 111)
From: Women and Equalities Committee, 1st Report - Black people’s experiences of homelessness (HC 517), 15 July 2026
Government response
No government response linked yet: deadline 15 September 2026, 47 days ago.