The Housing Pathways of Young People in the UK

David Clapham, Peter Mackie, Scott Orford, Ian Thomas and Kelly Buckley
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David Clapham: Department of Real Estate and Planning, Henley Business School, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6UD, England
Peter Mackie: School of Planning and Geography, Cardiff University, Glamorgan Building, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff CF10 3WA, Wales
Scott Orford: School of Planning and Geography, Cardiff University, Glamorgan Building, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff CF10 3WA, Wales
Ian Thomas: School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, Glamorgan Building, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff CF10 3WA, Wales
Kelly Buckley: School of Planning and Geography, Cardiff University, Glamorgan Building, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff CF10 3WA, Wales

Environment and Planning A, 2014, vol. 46, issue 8, 2016-2031

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: housing market; families; young people; economic crisis; housing policy; transitions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1068/a46273

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