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Exploring housing careers among Ghanaians in Toronto, Canada

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The argument that a successful housing career plays an important role in the immigrant integration process has been well established in the literature. Most studies on immigrant housing career do so without reference to the housing situation of immigrants in their homeland. Since housing career relates to sequence of dwellings people occupy throughout their life-course, an analysis of immigrants housing career should also begin with immigrants housing situation in the homeland. Unless we understand the sequence of dwellings that immigrants occupy throughout their life course in both the country of origin and host society, we will fail to fully comprehend dynamics of their housing career over their life-course. Using mixed method, this study illustrates the role of housing career in the integration process of Ghanaians in Toronto in the Canadian society. The study adds to the housing career literature by capturing the sequence of dwelling that immigrants occupy throughout their life course in both the country of origin and destination country.

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  • David Firang, 2019. "Exploring housing careers among Ghanaians in Toronto, Canada," Housing Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 34(5), pages 868-891, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:chosxx:v:34:y:2019:i:5:p:868-891
    DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2018.1489527
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    1. Xueying Mu & Can Cui & Wei Xu, 2024. "Stagnation or upward mobility? The influence of achieved and ascribed factors on the housing careers of residents in Shanghai," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 11(1), pages 1-13, December.
    2. David Firang, 2022. "We Don’t Only Live Here, But We Also Live There”: Exploring Transnational Ties Among Ghanaian Immigrants in Toronto," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Springer, vol. 23(4), pages 1739-1764, December.

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