Family Housing Pathways: An Introduction to the Study of Housing in Poland in Biographical and Historical Perspectives

The article describes the approach and method of Family Housing Pathways. This process of gathering and presenting data makes it possible to include the extended family’s housing resources, the management of these resources, and the transformations of households within a family. Twenty-eight Family Housing Pathways were gathered and collected as part of an assignment given to students as part of an undergraduate course on housing problems. The exercise shed light on recurring themes in the transformation of the housing system in Poland that influence individual and family management of housing resources. Even a sample of relatively privileged families demonstrates that housing is clearly a crucial dimension, especially in times of transition, e.g. in post-communist Poland after 1989. The Family Housing Pathways approach could be a promising tool as well as an approach that combines biographical and historical housing perspectives, without losing sight of concerns of a practical and ethical nature.

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Document Type
article
ISSN
2336-2839
Volume / Issue
6 / 2
Pages
13-23
Date of publication
16.12.2019

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Mostowska, M. 2019. ‘Family Housing Pathways: An Introduction to the Study of Housing in Poland in Biographical and Historical Perspectives.’ Critical Housing Analysis 6 (2): 13-23. https://doi.org/10.13060/23362839.2019.6.2.488