Intersections of inequality in homeownership in Sweden

Christophers, Brett; O’Sullivan, David

doi:10.1080/02673037.2018.1495695

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“…The tendency to live and socialise others like oneself is a clear sign of segregation. This tendency is apparent not only in shared housing but also at the urban level, as polarisation and socio-economic differences have increased in Sweden since the 1990s (Christophers & O'Sullivan, 2018;Grundström & Molina, 2016;Hedin, et al, 2012). At present, the amount of shared housing with social infrastructure is still limited and future development uncertain, but there is undoubtedly growing interest from developers and the private sector in marketing and selling housing with social infrastructure included (Nordlander, 2019;Westholm, 2019).…”

Section: Shared Housing As Public Space? the Ambiguous Borders Of Soc...mentioning

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“…On the one hand, research points towards increased precarity: a decrease in housing standards and in the size of newly constructed dwellings (Grundström, 2021b), a displacement of vulnerable groups due to renoviction (Baeten et al, 2016), a lack of affordable housing and an emerging housing precariat (Listerborn, 2018). On the other hand, research shows an increase in housing wealth among privileged groups (Christophers & O'Sullivan, 2018) and a housing sector engaged in constructing dwellings for middle-income and wealthier groups. In this context of housing segregation and inequality (Dorling, 2014), shared forms of housing are marketed and sold based on their incorporation of residents-only infrastructures, such as private lounges, spas, gyms, cinemas, billiard rooms, restaurants, winter gardens, or gardens with places to play tennis or boules.…”

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Shared Housing as Public Space? The Ambiguous Borders of Social Infrastructure

Grundström

2022

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The Folkhem era in Sweden set high architectural standards for social infrastructures dispersedly located in cities. Over the past two decades, however, Swedish planning, when it comes to the localization of social infrastructure, has been increasingly characterized by privatized social infrastructures added to housing. Methodologically, this article draws on a compilation of architectural designs of shared housing that includes social infrastructure, 12 interviews with developers, and 22 interviews with residents. The article argues, first, that two historical approaches can be identified: one in which porous borders support urban social life in and around the housing complex and another where distinct boundaries form an edge where things end. Secondly, the article argues that in recent shared housing complexes, the infrastructures of fitness, health care, and privatized services—previously available solely in the public realm—have moved physically and mentally closer to the individual, largely replacing residents’ everyday use of public space. The article concludes that in recent shared housing complexes, ambiguous<em> </em>borders are formed. Ambiguous borders allow a flow of goods and people, but the flow is based on the needs and preferences of residents only. Overall, such privatization counteracts the development of urban social life while adding to housing inequality, as this form of housing is primarily accessible only to the relatively wealthy. Furthermore, there is a risk that urban planning may favour such privatization to avoid maintenance costs, even though the aim of planning for general public accessibility to social infrastructure is thereby shifted towards planning primarily for specific groups.

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Section: Shared Housing As Public Space? the Ambiguous Borders Of Soc...mentioning

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Shared Housing as Public Space? The Ambiguous Borders of Social Infrastructure

Grundström

2022

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“…Buying a home and paying mortgages are arguably the most important ways for most people to save and invest money, in order to build equity and to pass on wealth to the next generation. In many Western countries, migrant status is associated with lower rates of homeownership and some researchers are asking whether such status intersects with other characteristics, including the tenant status of parents (Christophers and O'Sullivan, 2019). It is possible, perhaps even likely in our view, that the type of financial exclusion discussed here is yet another intersecting factor behind unequal rates of homeownership, and this suspicion makes research about Muslim financial attitudes and practices policy relevant.…”

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Allah, Villa, Volvo: Muslim Professionals in the Nordic Countries and Their Financial Attitudes and Practices

Brekke

Larsen

2020

Open Library of Humanities

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“…Declining homeownership opportunities are furthermore argued to spur family assistance (for example, gifts, loans or co-signing of mortgages) (Flynn and Schwartz, 2017;Mulder et al, 2015). Evidence across different contexts points at the contribution of such intensified intergenerational support towards increased social selectivity (Christophers and O'Sullivan, 2019;Cigdem and Whelan, 2017). As such support is associated with young adults' income position, 6 we expect that the increased selection into homeownership of fewer households over time, but with a comparatively stronger economic profile, partly explains increased inequality and concentration of gross housing wealth across the wealth and particularly the income distribution.…”

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Post-crisis developments in young adults’ housing wealth

Dewilde

Flynn

2021

Journal of European Social Policy

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How has housing wealth inequality changed for young-adult households in the post-financial crisis period, and what is driving such change? We chart a path for subsequent studies by analysing the previously unexamined post-crisis housing wealth profile of young adults via different angles and using multiple inequality measures. Using household micro-data for 11 European countries ( Household Finance and Consumption Survey, 2010–2017) and the United States ( Survey of Consumer Finances, 2010–2016), we find that the accumulation of housing assets for 22–44 year olds is unevenly concentrated among high-income homeowners, over and above what would be expected given the well-known decline in homeownership. We describe and assess several potential drivers for these wealth profile changes, finding that the current explanations offered in the literature do not adequately account for the unequal wealth profile of young people. We conclude that a mix of dynamics, including housing market volatility, housing market configurations leading to uneven capital gains and losses, and the increased social selectivity of homeownership intersect to shape the ways that young adults navigate the housing market in post-crisis times.

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Intersections of inequality in homeownership in Sweden

Cited by 18 publications

References 32 publications

Shared Housing as Public Space? The Ambiguous Borders of Social Infrastructure

Shared Housing as Public Space? The Ambiguous Borders of Social Infrastructure

Allah, Villa, Volvo: Muslim Professionals in the Nordic Countries and Their Financial Attitudes and Practices

Post-crisis developments in young adults’ housing wealth

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