“Home” for Now or “Home” for Good?
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- 1 November 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Home Cultures
- Vol. 8 (3) , 265-296
Abstract
This article explores accommodation experiences of East Europeans in London. Based on in-depth interviews with recent Polish and Lithuanian migrants it highlights a range of accommodation strategies that they exercise living in London. The article argues that instead of being passive users of the housing services in the immigration country, East European migrants skillfully manipulate the British housing market in order to achieve maximum benefit from the limited housing options available them. In this way, the article reflects on the dilemmas of making “home” and contributes to the theoretical refinement of the concept of “home” in the context of temporary accommodation.Keywords
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