Access of the young to homes: Social effects and determiner factor

Abstract

The problem of dwellings, although accepted as social problem in the 90s, failed to reach that level of centrality required to get sufficient attention from the authorities. The opportunity of the problem of dwellings to become a manifest issue, that is to say an active attitude, a will to act, added to the formal acknowledgement of the problem, is better within the current context. The process of European pre-accession and the economic revival after 1999 sparked expectations for a better life which now seem to be accomplishable. Although it involves much higher costs of transaction, the dwelling is no longer just a traded good. It is perceived as the “ideal” investment, with a minimum of innovating effort and maximum of rewards, it provides the essential opportunity for a normal life, within the society, according to the European social pattern of a society able to confront risks.