Navigating the field of housing: housing pathways of young people in Amsterdam

In many western cities, housing opportunities of young people are increasingly constrained due to housing market reforms and decreasing affordability as a result of processes of gentrification. Little is known about how young people deal with these constraints and how this differs across class and o...

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Published in:Journal of housing and the built environment 2015-06, Vol.30 (2), p.257-274
Main Authors: Hochstenbach, Cody, Boterman, Willem R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Capital
Cultural capital
Economic reform
Financing
Gentrification
Geography
Home ownership
Households
Housing
Housing market
Human Geography
Inner city
Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning
Rentals
Residences
Social networks
Social Sciences
Studies
Theory
Young adults
Youth
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Summary:In many western cities, housing opportunities of young people are increasingly constrained due to housing market reforms and decreasing affordability as a result of processes of gentrification. Little is known about how young people deal with these constraints and how this differs across class and other boundaries. This paper addresses this question, by showing how young people make use of various forms of capital to gain access to specific sections of the housing market. Connecting concepts of Bourdieu and De Certeau to theories about housing pathways, this paper presents new ideas about how young people follow different pathways as they navigate the housing field. Next to a linear housing pathway, this paper presents two other housing pathway types: young households can either follow a chaotic pathway deliberately and relatively successfully or become trapped in a chaotic pathway. This paper shows the possession of various forms of capital, and their utilisation has a marked influence on the type of pathway young people follow.
ISSN:1566-4910
1573-7772
DOI:10.1007/s10901-014-9405-6