Posted 14.12.16
Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH): Article link
Providing Gypsy and Traveller sites should be made a central part of tackling the UK's housing crisis, according to a new report.
Managing and delivering Gypsy and Traveller sites: negotiating conflict, published today by CIH on behalf of JRF and De Montfort University, argues that more must be done to ensure Gypsies and Travellers have access to sites and that providing attractive sites is cost-effective and should be an essential part of housing provision.
There are as many as 300,000 gypsies and travellers in Britain and the report argues inequalities in the way they are treated in the UK must be tackled and that the provision of appropriate and well-managed sites is an 'essential first step'. It makes 12 key recommendations on how the current lack of sites can be addressed.