The housing pathways of young people in the UK

Publication type

Journal Article

Authors

Publication date

June 1, 2014

Summary:

The authors examine the housing pathways of young people in the UK in the years 1999 to 2008, and consider the changing nature of these pathways in the run up to 2020. They employ a highly innovative methodology, which begins with the identification and description of key drivers likely to affect young people’s housing circumstances in the future. The empirical identification and analysis of housing pathways is then achieved using multiple-sequence analysis and cluster analysis of the British Household Panel Survey, contextualised by qualitative interviews with a large sample of young people. The authors describe how the interactions between the meanings, perceptions, and aspirations of young people, and the opportunities and constraints imposed by the drivers, are having a major impact on young people’s housing pathways, resulting in considerable housing policy challenges, particularly in relation to the private rented sector.

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Environment and Planning: A

Volume and page numbers

Volume: 46 , p.2 -2

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/a46273

ISSN

308518

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