'Our home, your home?': the precarious housing pathways of asylum seekers in Catalonia
Ribera-Almandoz, Olatz (CIDOB (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs))
Delclós, Carlos 1982- (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Garcés Mascareñas, Blanca (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Govern i Polítiques Públiques

Data:	2022
Resum:	This paper investigates the multi-layered barriers asylum seekers face in accessing secure and adequate housing in a host society through the case of Catalonia (Spain). While the existing literature mainly focuses on the effects of micro-level factors, we argue that these need to be analysed in combination with meso-level actors and macro-structural phenomena. Drawing on an exploratory survey of 300 international protection applicants and 60 semi-structured interviews with stakeholders and asylum seekers, we analyse their exposure to different dimensions of housing precariousness. Our research finds that, although certain individual characteristics such as age, sex and origin remain relevant in explaining housing pathways, these factors are strongly mediated by the role of NGOs and support networks, and by the structural features of the asylum system and housing market. We conclude that the complex interactions of these factors result in deeply unstable and fragmented housing trajectories that contribute to high levels of disorientation, precariousness, and exclusion among those seeking accommodation.
Ajuts:	"la Caixa" Foundation 2017ACUP00030 European Commission 771795
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	Asylum seekers ; Refugees ; Housing precariousness ; Homelessness ; Housing exclusion
Publicat a:	Housing Studies, Vol. 39 (november 2022) , p. 1678-1701, ISSN 1466-1810

DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2022.2141202
PMID: 38919807

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