Young People and Housing

<p><em>Young People and Housing </em>brings together new research exploring the economic social and cultural challenges that face young people in search of permanent housing. Featuring international case studies from Asia Europe and Australia <em>Young People and Housing</em> is a collection of groundbreaking work from leading scholars in housing policy.</p><p>Younger generations across a wide range of societies face increasing difficulties in gaining access to housing. Housing occupies a pivotal position in the transition from parental dependence to adult independence. Delayed independence has significant implications for marriage and family formation fertility inter and intra generational tensions social mobility and social inequalities.</p><p>The social and cultural dimensions are of course enormously varied with strong contrasts between Asian and Western societies in terms of intergenerational norms and practices in relation to housing. Nevertheless younger households in China (including Hong Kong) Japan the USA Australasia and Europe face very similar challenges in the housing sphere. Moreover concerns about the housing future for younger generations are gaining greater policy and popular prominence in many countries. </p>