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Housing entry pathways of refugees in Vienna, a city of social housing
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Abstract This article presents the findings of an empirical study investigating refugees' difficult entry into Vienna's 'tight' housing market. Arguing that newcomers’ access to housing can be better understood by a closer look at the actors involved in the housing search process, an actor-centred approach i... view more
This article presents the findings of an empirical study investigating refugees' difficult entry into Vienna's 'tight' housing market. Arguing that newcomers’ access to housing can be better understood by a closer look at the actors involved in the housing search process, an actor-centred approach is used. Complementing the constructivist pathway framework with a model of search based on Bourdieu’s theory of practice, four types of housing entry pathways could be identified. This study draws on semi-structured in-depth interviews with forced migrants who arrived in Austria in recent years. The analysis of newcomers' housing entry pathways not only sheds light on the coordination structures at work in a city of social housing, but also on 'good' and 'bad' rental housing submarkets that have emerged in the course of the recent refugee movement. The paper concludes that a high proportion of social housing does not provide any indication that newcomers are granted better access to secure affordable housing.... view less
Keywords
refugee; town; large city; housing market; public housing; social housing; housing; Vienna; Austria; migrant; asylum seeker; Caritas; interview; praxeology; apartment
Classification
Area Development Planning, Regional Research
Migration, Sociology of Migration
Free Keywords
urban refugees; housing pathways; housing access; social housing
Document language
English
Publication Year
2019
Page/Pages
p. 779-803
Journal
Housing Studies, 34 (2019) 5
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2018.1485882
ISSN
1466-1810
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed