The Relationship Between Housing Policy and Housing Transitions of Young People in Europe
Abstract
This research explores to what extent the degree of development of youth housing policy can explain the variation between European countries in the rates of young people not living in the parental home. The study is based on linear regression analyses using EU SILC data from 2006 to 2011. The results show that there is a considerable correlation between the national rates of young people not living with their parents and the two housing policy instruments considered, that is, the availability of social housing and the implementation of housing allowance systems for young people. Both housing policy variables can explain: (i) separately, 65 per cent of the variation in national rates of young people not living in the parental home; and (ii) simultaneously—through the construction of a composite indicator—up to 74 per cent of the variation. By contrast, housing affordability indicators for young people do not show a correlation with either the national rates of young people not living with their parents or with the level of housing policy development for young people. Regarding the relationship between the rates of young people not living in the parental home, housing systems and welfare state regimes, this research confirms the existence of particular features in each model—social-democratic, liberal, Mediterranean, and post-socialist—except among corporatist countries.Keywords
youth, young people, housing transition, housing policy, housing system, welfare stateReferences
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