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Housing ideology and urban residential change: The rise of co-living in the financialized city

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  • Tim White

    (Department of Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK)

  • David Madden

    (Department of Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK)

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This article develops the concept of housing ideology in order to analyze the rise of co-living. Housing ideology refers to the dominant ideas and knowledge about housing that are used to justify and legitimize the housing system and its place within the broader political economy. Co-living is the term for privately operated, for-profit multiple occupancy rental housing. The article argues that the rise of co-living is supported by four key ideological elements—corporate futurism, technocratic urbanism, market populism and curated collectivism—which serve to legitimize co-living within the housing system and enable its profitability. The ideology of co-living appears to critique many elements of the contemporary urban housing system. But despite its critical self-image, co-living does not represent an alternative to today’s financialized urbanization. Ultimately, the article argues for the importance of understanding the role of housing ideologies in residential change.

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  • Tim White & David Madden, 2024. "Housing ideology and urban residential change: The rise of co-living in the financialized city," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 56(5), pages 1368-1384, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:56:y:2024:i:5:p:1368-1384
    DOI: 10.1177/0308518X241230446
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