Housing entry pathways of refugees in Vienna, a city of social housing

Figures & data

Figure 1. Migrant-assisted entry path (based on an interview of Gehad Bondok).

Figure 2. Local-assisted entry path (based on an interview of Julian Edelmaier and an interview by the author).

Figure 3. Non-assisted entry path (based on an interview of Monika Furtner).

Figure 4. Welfare entry path (based on an interview of Kiana Sardari-Iravani and an interview of the author with the interviewee’s personal caretaker).

Table 1. Housing entry pathways and their specific characteristics.

Housing path	Intermediaries	Housing subfield	Security	Resources/capital
Migrant-assisted	Migrants	Private rental, informal migrant sub-market	Low	Contacts to countrymen
Local-assisted	Helpful locals	Private rental, civil society sub-market	Medium	Contacts to locals, language skills
Non-assisted	Estate agents	Private rental	Medium	Employment, savings, language skills
Welfare	Social workers	Social housing, ‘very social housing’	High	Having children, good relationship to personal caretakers