“Tough Love”: The Roles Played by Municipal Housing Corporations for Integration of Newly Arrived Immigrants in Vulnerable Neighbourhoods

Sara Brorström () and Alexander Styhre ()
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Sara Brorström: University of Gothenburg
Alexander Styhre: University of Gothenburg

Chapter 4 in Organising Immigrants' Integration, 2023, pp 49-67 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In this chapter, we report a study of housing corporations and their roles in vulnerable neighbourhoods in the Swedish city of Gothenburg. Housing corporations are afforded much power in the context of the integration of immigrants into Swedish society through the tool of housing and through various projects aimed at supporting the tenants. We are interested in how the housing corporations’ attempts to support the integration of immigrants unfold in practice and how these efforts relate to other activities. The study, which is based on interviews with employees at housing corporations, both private and municipal, illustrates that the housing corporations in vulnerable neighbourhoods have a crucial role in the integration process, as for many new arrivals, they are one of the first and most important points of contact with Swedish society. However, as the target group for the housing corporations consists of all tenants, the actions become intertwined with other issues. Yet there seems to be an understanding that they need to manage the relations with the tenants carefully, mainly through listening, communicating, and the creation of common interests.

Keywords: Housing corporations; Public sector; The common good; Segregation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-26821-2_4

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