London’s social housing residents are facing prejudice, discrimination and humiliation due to their housing status - with media portrayals in TV shows like Benefits Street to blame, according to a new report.
Laying bare the stigma faced by those living in social housing a group of the capital’s biggest housing associations found that almost half of residents, 45 per cent, have experienced prejudice or discrimination because of their housing status.
Meanwhile, more than a third of those surveyed by the group, called G15, described feelings of embarrassment.
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