| Description | This file largely contains correspondence between local authority Housing Departments in Birmingham and Smethwick, and black and Asian organisations including the Indian Workers Association; Sharomani Akali Dal UK; Guru Nanak Sikh Temple in Smethwick; Bangladesh Workers Association; and Kashmir Workers Association concerning the policy of keeping records of the ethnic origin of applicants for council housing and the uses made of this information. One of these letters sets out the views of the black and Asian organisations on the keeping of such records and challenges the view of the recommendation of the Commission for Racial Equality that questions on ethnic origin be included. 1980.
The file also contains papers concerning government provisions on housing repairs and improvements made to older stock in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell in response to questions raised on this issue at a meeting between Avtar Jouhl and a representative from Sandwell Housing Department, 1980, and some blank forms issued by the City of Birmingham Treasurers Department and used for certifying unoccupied property. |