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A. Aigner:
"Housing entry pathways of refugees in Vienna, a city of social housing";
Housing Studies, xx (2018).

This article presents the findings of an empirical study investigating refugees´ difficult entry into Vienna´s `tight´ housing market. Arguing that newcomers´ access to housing can be better understood by a closer look at the actors involved in the housing search process, an actor-centred approach is used. Complementing the constructivist pathway framework with a model of search based on Bourdieu´ theory of practice, four types of housing entry pathways - the migrant-assisted, the local-assisted, the non-assisted, and the welfare path - could be identified. This study draws on semi-structured in-depth interviews with forced migrants who arrived in Austria in recent years. The analysis of newcomers´ housing entry pathways not only sheds light on the coordination structures at work in a city which is well known for its large social housing stock, but also on `good´ and `bad´ rental housing submarkets that have emerged in the course of the recent refugee movement. The paper concludes that a high proportion of social housing does not provide any indication that newcomers are granted better access to secure affordable housing.

refugees, housing pathways, housing access, search for housing, social housing, Vienna, Austria

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2018.1485882

https://doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2018.1485882