Choice or No Choice? Genuine or Fake Choice? – A Qualitative Study for Reflecting on Housing Choice
This paper seeks to reflect on issues related to the nature of housing choice, drawing on qualitative empirical data collected in in-depth interviews. This paper discusses two perspectives related to housing choice, namely, the ‘market perspective of housing choice’ and the ‘perspective of...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences
2020-01-01
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| Series: | Critical Housing Analysis |
| Online Access: | http://www.housing-critical.com/home-page-1/choice-or-no-choice-genuine-or-fake-choice-a-qu |
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| Summary: | This paper seeks to reflect on issues related to the nature of housing choice, drawing on qualitative empirical data collected in in-depth interviews. This paper discusses two perspectives related to housing choice, namely, the ‘market perspective of housing choice’ and the ‘perspective of housing choice for well-being’. The ‘market perspective of housing choice’ highlights that desirability generally increases with a greater range of housing choice as the housing supply increases till a climax is reached, after which a further expansion of housing choice may indicate an excess housing supply, which may not be advantageous and home-buyers may instead ‘decide not to choose or buy’. The ‘perspective of housing choice for well-being’ reveals that choice in the housing arena is often viewed as a means to eventual well-being, rather than as an end in itself. Housing choice is ‘genuine’ and ‘meaningful’ if there are meaningful and significant options among a few desirable housing alternatives. ‘Fake housing choice’ involves having to choose from among housing options that are all generally bad. |
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| ISSN: | 2336-2839 |