The influence of the housing systems on residential conditions of immigrants in Barcelona and Amsterdam

Abstract

This project aims to detect and explain the factors and mechanisms producing inequality and differences on the residential conditions of immigrants. A special attention is paid to those factors related with the housing systems. In order to do that, the residential conditions of non-western immigrants are compared in two cities: Barcelona and Amsterdam. Results show how there are different mechanisms producing residential differences on both cities. They are mainly based on state regulation in the Amsterdam’s case, whereas market seems to be the main factor producing differences Barcelona’s case. They show also how residential exclusion has a higher impact in Barcelona as a result of theses mechanisms.