Plaque for Birmingham's black housing association builders:
The men, part of the Windrush generation, created the first black housing association, say relatives.
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Honoring Founders of UK’s First Black Housing AssociationTwelve Caribbean men built homes in 1973 Birmingham, overcoming racism to establish a pioneering black housing group in the UK.
- Caribbean men from the Windrush generation established the UK’s first black housing association in Birmingham during the 1970s.
- Access Self Build was founded in Small Heath and constructed twelve houses still standing today, improving local housing access.
- This project later evolved into the African Caribbean Association for the Furthering of Economic and Social Sustainability (ACAFESS).
- A blue plaque will commemorate the men’s legacy, highlighting their significant yet previously underrecognized contributions.
It's one thing to be told that England was built with streets of gold. It's another thing to arrive in the mother country and discover this was not the case.— Dr Jak Beula, CEO of the Nubian Jak Community Trust, commenting on the discrimination faced and the effort to build Britain's first Black Housing Association.
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