1. HOUSING IN THE MIGRATORY EXPERIENCE. OBSTACLES AND STRATEGIES IN ACCESSING AND MAKING HOME IN THE HOST COUNTRY. Marta Cordini Catholic University of Milan

2. THE RESEARCH Main aims: -Achieving a deeper knowledge of migrants’ housing pathway in Milan -Observing how individual decisions and life styles are intersected with structural factors (housing policies and housing market) in shaping the pathway -Discovering how the notion of home in its cultural meaning is lived in the migratory experience. Methodology -Life stories collection -Maps as elicitation instrument -Semi structured interviews to key informants

3. THE RESEARCH (2) Fieldwork - A popular area of Milan Social and private housing

4. THE RESEARCH (3) Sample: -Gender balance -In Italy from more than 5 years -At least 1 residential moving -Living in this area

5. PRELIMINARY RESULTS -Great difference in the housing pathway according to the gender -Cultural construction of the space influenced by environmental context, culture of origin, personal experience and culture of the receiving country (often spread by children) -Daily relation with the neighborhood : this can be expressed by services, facilities or people. -Noticeable diffusion of housing hardship for a quite long period: satisfactory housing condition achieving after 8-10 years. -Strong connection between legal status and housing condition

6. THEORETICAL QUESTION Why it would be important to achieve a deep knowledge of the everyday practices linked to housing and of the decision making processes characterizing households’ choices?

7. INFLUENCING HOUSING PATHWAY AND CONDITION Housing Market Housing Policies choices preferences skills occupation culture Migratory project

8. 3 LEVEL PATTERN 1)Macro dimension: housing market and housing policies 1)Meso dimension: culture, household’s composition, gender, income 2)Micro dimension: skills, choices, preferences, migratory project

9. CONCLUSIONS Italy: polarization in housing pathways Radicalization of the more extreme situations How this occurs? ANALYSIS OF HOUSING PATHWAYS