Accommodating Students

Abstract

This paper focuses on one aspect of student life, namely housing circumstances. It explores the housing careers and strategies developed by students over the course of their university career, in relation to levels and sources of nancial support and aspects of the transition towards independence. It argues that students develop important new skills or adult competencies as they negotiate their way through the housing market, so improving the quality of their accommodation. However, the quality and condition of some student housing was an issue of concern; this was most acutely observed for vulnerable students including those making the rst move from the parental home into the private rented sector, and those on limited budgets. There is found to be differential exposure to risk within the student housing market, which is structured by parental af uence and support as well as by the particular labour and housing market contexts of the university locality.

Young People, Homeownership and Future Welfare

“…Research from other European countries (Helderman & Mulder, 2007;Poggio, 2012), Australia (McDonald & Baxter, 2005;Yates & Bradbury, 2010) and Asia (Forrest & Hirayama, 2009;Hirayama, 2012) highlights that the majority of young households are now delaying homeownership until well into their thirties. Growing numbers of young people are now staying in the parental home for longer because of lengthening educational careers (Christie et al, 2002;Christie & Munro, 2003;Clapham et al, 2010), high youth unemployment (Clapham et al, 2010), increasing levels of debt (Andrew, 2010;Heath, 2008;Pettigrew et al, 2007), restricted access to state welfare benefits (Clapham et al, 2010;Stephens, 2011) and changes in household formation (Hirayama, 2012).…”

Correlates of depression, anxiety and stress among Malaysian university students

“…Although it reduced costs and offered more social support, students who stayed in shared living arrangements may face more stress from increased noise and distraction from academic work (Heath and Kenyon, 2001). It was believed that satisfaction with the living environment acts as protective measure against poor psychological health (Christie et al, 2002) and on the other hand, dissatisfaction with living arrangements would lead to a risk on one's well-being (Chow, 2005).…”

“…This can be explained by an economic situation where students with rural backgrounds reported poorer family economic situations. Christie et al (2002) found that students who lived in rented accommodations and poor quality housing were more likely affected with regard to psychological wellbeing. Although it reduced costs and offered more social support, students who stayed in shared living arrangements may face more stress from increased noise and distraction from academic work (Heath and Kenyon, 2001).…”

Controlling Letting Arrangements? Landlords and surveillance in the private rented sector?

“…The tendency for young people to use the PRS as the first port of call when leaving home or institutional settings is well established (see for example: Rugg and Burrows, 1999;Iacovou, 2001) and the reasons for their concentration in the sector in England have been well documented. These reasons include, owner o ccupation and the social rented sector becoming less accessible or desirable, the postponement of home ownership (see: Rosser, 1997;Ford, 1999;Anderson, 1999), the growing student population (Kemp and Keoghan, 2001;Christie et al, 2002) and the greater use of the sector to house vulnerable young people, such as those leaving Young Offenders Institutions and children's homes (see : Broad, 1998) as well as young people who are unable to live at home with their families.…”