Younger Adults and Homeownership in Europe Through the Global Financial Crisis

• Published in: Population space and place Vol. 22; no. 8; pp. 823 - 835
• Main Authors: Lennartz, Christian, Arundel, Rowan, Ronald, Richard
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.11.2016; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Coresidence; Economic crisis; Employment; EU SILC; global financial crisis; Home ownership; homeownership; Housing market; housing trajectories; Income; Independent living; Labor market; life courses; Parents & parenting; Property; Residential patterns; young adults

In the context of poorly performing national economies and sustained employment insecurity since the Global Financial Crisis of 2007–2008, various UK and US studies have suggested that the transitions of younger people into independent living and into homeownership, in particular, have been in decli...