The urban dormitory: planning, studentification, and the construction of an off-campus student housing market

Revington, Nick; Moos, Markus; Henry, Jeff; Haider, Ritee

doi:10.1080/13563475.2018.1552565

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“…This process was superseded in the mid-2000s as corporate investors entered the PBSA sector (Hubbard, 2009;Smith and Hubbard, 2014), and 'trail blazed' an agenda for financialization in the generic rental housing sector in the UK (Beswick et al, 2016). Local authorities also funnelled new-build studentification into designated areas, to protect established neighbourhoods from perceived issues with student housing, like parking pressures, noisy parties and physical deterioration (D Smith, 2008; in Canada, see [Revington et al, 2018]). While not always successful (Sage et al, 2013), these policies raise concerns about segregating wealthier students into higher-end purpose-built dwellings (Smith and Hubbard, 2014).…”

Section: Financialization From Home To Dormmentioning

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Making a market for itself: The emergent financialization of student housing in Canada

Revington

August

2019

Environ Plan A

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This paper demonstrates the infiltration of finance into increasingly niche real estate sectors, taking the example of the emergent Canadian purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) sector since 2011. Drawing on a novel database of PBSA, qualitative document analysis, and key informant interviews, we uncover the business strategies and geographic patterns of investment in the sector. We then consider the local impacts of this phenomenon in Waterloo, Ontario, the country’s largest PBSA market, where finance-driven new-build studentification has contributed to higher housing costs and age segregation. This process of financialization has differed from other housing sectors as it depends on the creation of new student housing to provide an avenue for investment therein. At the same time, finance-driven new-build studentification functions as a spatial fix by directing investment to secondary cities. However, this process has been fragile, marked as much by failure as success, pointing to the limits of financialization.

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Section: Financialization From Home To Dormmentioning

confidence: 99%

Making a market for itself: The emergent financialization of student housing in Canada

Revington

August

2019

Environ Plan A

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“…There is evidence of growing research interest across much of Europe, with published works on Hungary (Fubula et al, 2017), Ireland (Kenna, 2011), Poland (Grabkowska and Frankowski, 2016;Sokołowicz, 2019), Portugal (Malet Calvo, 2018), Spain (Garmendia et al, 2012), and The Netherlands (Boersma et al, 2013;Lager and van Hoven, 2019). In North America studentification research is also on the rise, with case studies undertaken both in the United States (Pickren, 2012;Laidley, 2014;Foote, 2017;Woldoff and Weiss, 2018) and Canada (Revington et al, 2018;Moos et al, 2019). For the global North there is also research available for Australia (Davison, 2009;Fincher and Shaw, 2009), New Zealand (Collins, 2010), Turkey (Tuncer and İslam, 2017) and Israel (Avni and Alfasi, 2018).…”

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Housing in multiple occupation and studentification in Johannesburg

Gregory

Rogerson

2019

Bulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series

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Research concerning studentification is growing in importance. The supply of private student accommodation forms part of the wider urban process of studentification which documents changes in the social, economic and cultural fabric of cities. Although scholarly interest concerning the supply of private student accommodation has enjoyed sustained interest in the global North, only limited work is available surrounding the supply and demand for private student accommodation in global South urban centres. In South Africa there has been growing recognition of the impact of the studentification that has accompanied the massification of tertiary education in the post-apartheid period. Using interviews with key stakeholders, suppliers of student accommodation, as well as focus groups with students, this paper explores the supply of houses in multiple occupation and students’ perspectives on such properties in Johannesburg, South Africa. One distinctive influence upon the studentification process in South Africa is the impact of the national government funding system which was restructured in order to support the tertiary education of students from previously disadvantaged communities.

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“…However, the development of youth and student housing can lead to 'youthification' and 'studentification', i.e. the creation of exclusionary spaces following the expansion of youth and student populations in particular neighbourhoods (Moos, 2016;Revington, Moos, Henry, & Haider, 2018;D. P. Smith & Hubbard, 2014).…”

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“…Similarly, negotiating a lower leasehold price and flexible quality requirements in a development contract, a 'one-to-one agreement' (Project Manager 2), facilitated the implementation of project 2. Planning could be used to incorporate specific demands (Revington et al, 2018) regarding e.g., unit sizes or the quality of shared spaces. However, the analysis of the outcomes (see below) shows that, in the crisis context, planning instruments were more used to make real estate projects happen than to enhance quality requirements.…”

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Shared housing for students and young professionals: evolution of a market in need of regulation

Uyttebrouck

Bueren

Teller

2020

J Hous and the Built Environ

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This research addresses the shared housing market, that is, large-scale developments targeting students and 'young professionals', equipped with shared spaces and services for the residents. This housing segment has emerged in response to young adults' demand for flexible and affordable housing. It has developed in cities that concentrate students and young single professionals, plan densification strategies and face housing commodification. We specifically explore the production side of this market, through the comparison of two projects in Amsterdam. Our objective is to understand the institutional context in which these projects were developed and their outcomes. Consequently, the research questions are: which actors develop these projects, what instruments do they use, and what are the outcomes in a commodifying housing market? From our analysis, the actors need to collaborate on shared housing developments and receive support from local governments, through the strategic use of planning instruments and tenure regulations. However, the shared facilities seem to merely serve to commercialize small housing production, while housing affordability and accessibility are threatened. We, thus, recommend local and national authorities to regulate the provision of shared spaces and suggest further research on the effects of the shared housing market in cities facing housing commodification.

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The urban dormitory: planning, studentification, and the construction of an off-campus student housing market

Cited by 48 publications

References 47 publications

Making a market for itself: The emergent financialization of student housing in Canada

Making a market for itself: The emergent financialization of student housing in Canada

Housing in multiple occupation and studentification in Johannesburg

Shared housing for students and young professionals: evolution of a market in need of regulation

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