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dc.contributor.authorHoolachan, Jennifer Elizabeth
dc.contributor.authorMcKee, Kim
dc.contributor.authorMoore, Tom
dc.contributor.authorSoaita, Adriana Mihaela
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-11T00:33:00Z
dc.date.available2017-11-11T00:33:00Z
dc.date.issued2017-01
dc.identifier241589646
dc.identifier796ce974-501d-490c-8e96-cffd8259d4d2
dc.identifier84966698778
dc.identifier000390569500005
dc.identifier.citationHoolachan , J E , McKee , K , Moore , T & Soaita , A M 2017 , ' ‘Generation Rent’ and the ability to ‘settle down’ : economic and geographical variation in young people’s housing transitions ' , Journal of Youth Studies , vol. 20 , no. 1 , pp. 63-78 . https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2016.1184241en
dc.identifier.issn1367-6261
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-3611-569X/work/32192371
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/12055
dc.descriptionThis work was supported by the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland Small Grant [31920] and the Leverhulme Trust under Grant [RP20 II-IJ-024].en
dc.description.abstractThe term ‘Generation Rent’ denotes young people who are increasingly living in the private rented sector for longer periods of their lives because they are unable to access homeownership or social housing. Drawing on qualitative data from two studies with young people and key-actors, this paper considers the phenomenon of ‘Generation Rent’ from the perspective of youth transitions and the concept of ‘home’. These frameworks posit that young people leaving the parental home traverse housing and labour markets until they reach a point of ‘settling down’. However, our data indicate that many young people face substantial challenges in this ‘settling’ process as they have to contend with insecure housing, unstable employment and welfare cuts which often force them to be flexible and mobile. This leaves many feeling frustrated as they struggle to remain fixed in place in order to ‘settle down’ and benefit from the positive qualities of home. Taking a Scottish focus, this paper further highlights the geographical dimension to these challenges and argues that those living in expensive and/or rural areas may find it particularly difficult to settle down.
dc.format.extent383249
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Youth Studiesen
dc.subjectYouthen
dc.subjectHousingen
dc.subjectPrivate renten
dc.subjectTransitionsen
dc.subjectHomeen
dc.subjectHC Economic History and Conditionsen
dc.subjectNDASen
dc.subject.lccHCen
dc.title‘Generation Rent’ and the ability to ‘settle down’ : economic and geographical variation in young people’s housing transitionsen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.sponsorThe Leverhulme Trusten
dc.contributor.sponsorCarnegie Trusten
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Geography & Sustainable Developmenten
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Centre for Minorities Research (CMR)en
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/13676261.2016.1184241
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.date.embargoedUntil2017-11-10
dc.identifier.grantnumberRP2011-IJ-024en
dc.identifier.grantnumber31920en


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