ABSTRACT
Black women1 in Britain as a group are as diverse as any other group of peoplewomen from different countries, of different ages, sexuality, class, cultural, religious and linguistic backgrounds. However, the one common factor they share as consumers of housing-as Black women consumers of housing-is their experience of structural and subjective racism and sexism which determine their access to, as well as their choices in, the basic right of an adequate roof over their heads. This position is borne out in research, specifically carried out on race and housing and on the housing needs of Black women, as well as reflected in many recent reports and individual cases.
