The precarity of young people’s housing experiences in a rural context

McKee, Kim, Hoolachan, Jennifer ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1957-5774 and Moore, Tom 2017. The precarity of young people’s housing experiences in a rural context. Scottish Geographical Journal 133 (2) , pp. 115-129. 10.1080/14702541.2017.1321136

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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.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education)
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General) H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	youth; housing; rural; private rent; labour markets, precariat
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
ISSN:	1470-2541
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	30 March 2017
Date of Acceptance:	14 March 2017
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2024 20:45
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/99495

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