Publication details
Coping with housing precarity : Roma women’s responses to housing insecurity in the Czech Republic
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| Year of publication | 2024 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Housing Studies |
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| Citation | |
| web | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02673037.2024.2418837 |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2024.2418837 |
| Keywords | Housing precarity; Poverty; Discrimination; Roma women; Czech Republic; Social housing |
| Description | The article investigates how policies systematically exclude Roma women from accessing decent housing. Drawing upon ethnographic fieldwork with Roma women in Brno, Czech Republic, the study aims to expand the concept of housing precarity along two dimensions: ‘permanent temporality’ and ‘forced urban nomadism’. The research describes key actors and institutions, including the state and its policies, regional, city, and municipal regulations, the housing market, and the rise of private hostels driven by the ‘poverty business’. The study highlights how structural and local conditions shape the housing experiences of Roma families, emphasizing their active role in navigating precarious housing situations. It particularly focuses on the coping strategies of Roma women, such as reliance on multigenerational households and frequent relocations between various types of substandard housing. This research contributes to ongoing discussions about housing by offering a nuanced understanding of how systemic forces and individual strategies interact to produce and perpetuate housing precarity. |
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