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Young people and housing: identifying the key issues

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  • Peter K. Mackie

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The housing experiences of young people are a contemporary global concern, with the exacerbation of young people's housing problems in many countries reported widely in the media and raising important policy questions. In response, this special issue of the International Journal of Housing Policy presents new empirical research from Europe and East Asia and seeks to identify key areas for improvement in national housing policies. This editorial summarises the main housing issues identified in the special issue articles and identifies the emergence of two cross-cutting policy challenges. The first challenge is to ensure all young people have an equal opportunity to leave the family home and live independently. This will require a much greater awareness of the political, economic and cultural forces restricting young people's transitions. The second key policy challenge is to improve the suitability and availability of housing for young people, with studies in this special issue specifically pointing towards an improved private rented sector and further provision of shared housing. Articles in this special issue indicate that a failure to respond to these significant housing policy challenges will have wide reaching social and economic consequences.

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  • Peter K. Mackie, 2016. "Young people and housing: identifying the key issues," International Journal of Housing Policy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 16(2), pages 137-143, April.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:intjhp:v:16:y:2016:i:2:p:137-143
    DOI: 10.1080/14616718.2016.1159273
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    3. Bo-Kyong Seo & Gum-Ryeong Park, 2021. "Housing, Living Arrangements and Mental Health of Young Adults in Independent Living," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(10), pages 1-10, May.
    4. Juhwa Baek & Seiyong Kim, 2022. "Effect of Characteristics of Shared Housing in Single-Person Households on Housing Satisfaction and Shared Housing Performance," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(22), pages 1-21, November.
    5. Haitong Mo & Yung Yau & Yuting Liu, 2023. "Beyond Homeownership? Examining the Mediating Role of Housing Tenure on Young People’s Subjective Well-Being," Land, MDPI, vol. 12(3), pages 1-18, March.
    6. Marek Bryx & Janusz Sobieraj & Dominik Metelski & Izabela Rudzka, 2021. "Buying vs. Renting a Home in View of Young Adults in Poland," Land, MDPI, vol. 10(11), pages 1-31, November.

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