Friday, December 21, 2007
[IWS] Dublin Foundation+: MIGRANT HOUSING & INTEGRATION in EUROPE [20 December 2007]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
and
European network of Cities for Local Integration Policies for Migrants' (CLIP)
Housing and integration of migrants in Europe [20 December 2007]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0794.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/94/en/1/ef0794en.pdf
[full-text, 112 pages]
Author:
Bosswick, Wolfgang; Lüken-Klaßen, Doris; Heckmann, Friedrich
Summary:
Housing is a fundamental issue that affects the quality of life of citizens as well as being an important indicator of the degree of integration. Successful housing policies play an important role in shaping social policymaking at the local level, affecting the future integration of migrants and their descendants. This report, published jointly with the Council of Europe, presents successful practices and strategies from 20 cities participating in the first module of the European Network of Cities for Local Integration Policies for Migrants (CLIP).
Contents
Foreword iii
Introduction 1
Purpose of research project 1
Policy context 2
Research questions 3
CLIP network 4
Policy rationale to improve migrant integration 5
through local housing policies
1 Challenges, policies and measures 9
Segregation 11
Measures of an explicit anti-segregation character 16
Measures of an implicit anti-segregation character 20
Access to housing 24
Affordability and housing supply 29
Measures regarding demand side 31
Measures regarding supply side 32
Mixed measures 34
Physical housing conditions 36
Urban renewal 38
Soft urban renewal 40
Local partnership and cooperation 42
Direct involvement of citizens 43
Housing and quality of social environment 46
Community relations 48
Housing and personal security 54
Empowerment measures 58
Housing and governance issues 62
2 Quantitative overview of local policies and measures 71
Local policies 71
Measures implemented 72
3 Conclusions and recommendations 75
Recommendations to European policymakers 77
Recommendations to EU Member States 79
Recommendations for local policymakers 85
References 97
Annex 1: Research concept 99
Key analytical dimensions 99
Local conditions and their effects on migrant integration 100
Annex 2: CLIP European research group 107
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
and
European network of Cities for Local Integration Policies for Migrants' (CLIP)
Housing and integration of migrants in Europe [20 December 2007]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0794.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/94/en/1/ef0794en.pdf
[full-text, 112 pages]
Author:
Bosswick, Wolfgang; Lüken-Klaßen, Doris; Heckmann, Friedrich
Summary:
Housing is a fundamental issue that affects the quality of life of citizens as well as being an important indicator of the degree of integration. Successful housing policies play an important role in shaping social policymaking at the local level, affecting the future integration of migrants and their descendants. This report, published jointly with the Council of Europe, presents successful practices and strategies from 20 cities participating in the first module of the European Network of Cities for Local Integration Policies for Migrants (CLIP).
Contents
Foreword iii
Introduction 1
Purpose of research project 1
Policy context 2
Research questions 3
CLIP network 4
Policy rationale to improve migrant integration 5
through local housing policies
1 Challenges, policies and measures 9
Segregation 11
Measures of an explicit anti-segregation character 16
Measures of an implicit anti-segregation character 20
Access to housing 24
Affordability and housing supply 29
Measures regarding demand side 31
Measures regarding supply side 32
Mixed measures 34
Physical housing conditions 36
Urban renewal 38
Soft urban renewal 40
Local partnership and cooperation 42
Direct involvement of citizens 43
Housing and quality of social environment 46
Community relations 48
Housing and personal security 54
Empowerment measures 58
Housing and governance issues 62
2 Quantitative overview of local policies and measures 71
Local policies 71
Measures implemented 72
3 Conclusions and recommendations 75
Recommendations to European policymakers 77
Recommendations to EU Member States 79
Recommendations for local policymakers 85
References 97
Annex 1: Research concept 99
Key analytical dimensions 99
Local conditions and their effects on migrant integration 100
Annex 2: CLIP European research group 107
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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