New immigrants and migrants in social housing in Britain: discursive themes and lived realities

ROBINSON, David (2010). New immigrants and migrants in social housing in Britain: discursive themes and lived realities. Policy and Politics, 38 (1), 57-77.

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Abstract

The perception that new immigrants and migrants are unfairly advantaged in the allocation of social housing is one of the most frequently cited injustices of new immigration in Britain. Tapping into dominant notions of the immigrant as folk devil and a long tradition of scapegoating blameworthy groups for problems accessing social housing, this debate has all the hallmarks of a moral panic, with exaggeration and distortion raising public concern to a level disproportionate to any apparent or rational threat. This point is reinforced by a review of the experiences of new immigrants and migrants within the social housing allocation process.

Item Type:	Article
Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018:	Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1332/030557309X458407
Page Range:	57-77
Depositing User:	Hilary Ridgway
Date Deposited:	10 Feb 2012 11:30
Last Modified:	18 Mar 2021 10:15
URI:	https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/4621

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