McKee, K., Hoolachan, J. and Moore, T.E. orcid.org/0000-0001-5943-3378 (2017) The Precarity of Young People’s Housing Experiences in a Rural Context. Scottish Geographical Journal, 133 (2). pp. 115-129. ISSN 1470-2541
Abstract
Young people’s housing, economic and labour market circumstances have become increasingly insecure due to the combined effects of the 2007-08 economic crisis, neo-liberal welfare reforms, rising costs of higher education, and the shortage of affordable housing. Discussions of young peoples’ experiences in these domains have largely neglected their spatial variability but evidence suggests that young people living in rural parts of the UK have distinctive experiences of housing, which are closely connected to labour markets and educational opportunities. By drawing on qualitative data from young people and housing professionals, this article explores some of these rural distinctions and frames them within theoretical debates about the ‘precariat’. It argues for a more theoretically-informed and geographically-nuanced understanding of contemporary housing issues as rural youth potentially face greater precarity than their urban peers.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 Royal Scottish Geographical Society. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Scottish Geographical Journal. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | youth; housing; rural; private rent; labour markets, precariat |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Urban Studies & Planning (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 17 Mar 2017 12:23 |
Last Modified: | 19 May 2018 00:38 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/14702541.2017.1321136 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Royal Scottish Geographical Society |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/14702541.2017.1321136 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:113698 |