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Migrant residential mobility and tenure transitions within different housing regimes: evidence from three Nordic capital cities

Authors: Torpan, Karin; Wessel, Terje; Chihaya, Guilherme Kenji; Sinitsyna, Anastasia; Tammaru, Tiit

Publisher: Routledge

Publication year: 2024

Journal: Housing Studies

Journal name in source: Housing Studies

ISSN: 0267-3037

eISSN: 1466-1810

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2024.2392690

Web address : https://doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2024.2392690

Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/457883343

Abstract

Migrant housing-related disadvantages and residential segregation are both important concerns in migrant-receiving countries. However, there exists little understanding about the connection between the two. According to the spatial assimilation framework, migrants who establish themselves in the labour market and experience income increase tend to move to higher-income neighbourhoods. However, migrant opportunities to rent or buy an apartment may vary across cities due to each city having its own distinctive housing regimes, along with related tenure structures, as emphasised by the housing availability framework. Different opportunity structures may lead to different pathways of spatial assimilation, as moving into a higher-income neighbourhood does not necessarily entail becoming a homeowner, and vice versa. The main findings of our comparative and longitudinal study reveal that different pathways of spatial assimilation indeed do arise in cities which have different housing regimes, as has been proposed by the housing availability framework.

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This work was supported by the Estonian Research Council (PRG1996), Tiit Tammaru’sEstonian Academy of Sciences research professorship, the Estonian Ministry of Science andEducation (Centre of Excellence in Energy Efficiency), the Swedish Research Council (DNR445-2013-7681), FORMAS (DNR 2018-00269), and FORMAS (DNR 2021-00534)