Is there evidence of denial of housing/housing rights for certain ethnic groups?

Code:: RED69
Key Area:: Housing & Segregation
Strand(s):: Racism, Discrimination

01/02/2012 - 17:03

Short Answer

No.

Qualitative Info

In general, migrants have equal access to the housing market in Germany. Exceptions are made with migrant groups who were accommodated in collective centres from the beginning of their stay in Germany.
Ethnic German immigrants, who were assigned to a certain place of residence by the authorities, are not obliged anymore to take up the assigned residence after the Residence Allocation Act (Wohnortzuweisungsgesetz) expired in 2009.

Source:

Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge, BAMF) (2008), Daten zu Wohnverhältnissen und innerstädtischer Segregation von Migranten, Working Paper 21, http://www.bamf.de/SharedDocs/Anlagen/DE/Publikationen/WorkingPapers/wp21-wohnen-innerstaedtische-segregation.pdf?__blob=publicationFile (accessed on 12.12.2011), p. 22.
Peucker, Mario (2010), Racism and Ethnic Discrimination in Germany – Update Report 2010, p. 13.

Data

Groups affected/interested

Migrants, Refugees, Roma & Travelers, Ethnic minorities, Religious minorities, Linguistic minorities, Asylum seekers, National minorities

Type (R/D)

Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas

Housing

External Url

Situation(s)

Library

Indicator history

Germany - 2011

Is there evidence of denial of housing/housing rights for certain ethnic groups?

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