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Conceptualising the Contemporary Role of Housing in the Transition to Adult Life in England

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  • Janet Ford

    (Centre for Housing Policy, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK, jrf3@york.ac.uk)

  • Julie Rugg

    (Centre for Housing Policy, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK, jr10@york.ac.uk)

  • Roger Burrows

    (Centre for Housing Policy, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK, rjb7@york.ac.uk)

Abstract

This paper uses both survey and qualitative panel data collected from five different case-study areas in England in order to offer a conceptualisation of the contemporary role that housing is playing in the transition to adult life. The data suggest that the types of housing pathway that young people follow are a function of differences in the combination and intensity of three main factors: the ability of young people to plan for and control their entry to independent living; the extent and form of constraints that characterise their access to housing; and the degree of family support available to them. Based around these three dimensions (each of which is a continuum), the following ideal typical pathways can be identified: a chaotic pathway, an unplanned pathway, a constrained pathway, a planned (non-student) pathway and a student pathway.

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  • Janet Ford & Julie Rugg & Roger Burrows, 2002. "Conceptualising the Contemporary Role of Housing in the Transition to Adult Life in England," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 39(13), pages 2455-2467, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:39:y:2002:i:13:p:2455-2467
    DOI: 10.1080/0042098022000027059
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    1. Gary Pollock, 2007. "Holistic trajectories: a study of combined employment, housing and family careers by using multiple‐sequence analysis," Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, Royal Statistical Society, vol. 170(1), pages 167-183, January.
    2. Kim Mckee & Tom Moore & Adriana Soaita & Joe Crawford, 2017. "‘Generation Rent’ and The Fallacy of Choice," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 41(2), pages 318-333, March.
    3. Bettina Isengard & Ronny König & Marc Szydlik, 2018. "Money or space? Intergenerational transfers in a comparative perspective," Housing Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 33(2), pages 178-200, February.

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