Housing young people [electronic resource] : transitions, trajectories and generational fractures / edited by Ray Forrest and Ngai ming Yip.

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Series: Housing and society seriesPublication details: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.Description: xvii, 243 p. : ill., mapsISBN:

9780203095096

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pt. 1. The family, demography and the transition to adulthood -- pt. 2. Housing affordability and youth housing trajectories -- pt. 3. Economic change and generational fractures.

Summary: "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.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. All the papers were specially commissioned for a symposium in Hong Kong which took place in summer 2011. This brought together a small group of specially invited international experts, in a round table format, to explore the specific institutional, economic and cultural factors at work in different national contexts. "-- Provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. The family, demography and the transition to adulthood -- pt. 2. Housing affordability and youth housing trajectories -- pt. 3. Economic change and generational fractures.

"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.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. All the papers were specially commissioned for a symposium in Hong Kong which took place in summer 2011. This brought together a small group of specially invited international experts, in a round table format, to explore the specific institutional, economic and cultural factors at work in different national contexts. "-- Provided by publisher.

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