Shared Room Housing and Home

Unpacking the Home-making Practices of Shared Room Tenants in Sydney, Australia

Bibliographic Data

ID12633929
AuthorsZahra Nasreen (0000-0002-6626-9606, Macquarie University, corresponding author), Kristian Ruming (0000-0003-1065-9530, Macquarie University)
Year2020
Volume38
Issue2
Pages152-172
Publication date2020-01-23
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHousing Theory and Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1403-6096 • E-ISSN: 1651-2278
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14036096.2020.1717597
OpenAlexW3002866299
LanguageEN
Citations received36
References cited36

Shared room housing is a growing private rental submarket, which offers flexible and affordable rental sub-lettings for sharing a bedroom or living room with non-related tenants. However, research exploring the living experiences and home-making practices of shared room tenants is sparse. Drawing on an empirical base of shared room housing experiences in Sydney (online survey n = 103, in-depth interviews n = 35), this paper provides insights on how these residents strive to achieve the material, social and emotional elements of home while dealing with insecure occupancies and maintaining multiplex relations with non-related roommates and housemates. In response to shifting spatial, material and social configurations, home in shared room housing emerges as an ever-changing process of (re)making and unmaking

Architectural engineering · Bedroom · Business · Living room · Political science · Process (computing · Public housing · Public relations · Rental housing · Renting · Shared space · Sociology · Unpacking · Collaborative and Sustainable Housing Initiatives · Computer Science · Engineering · Homelessness and Social Issues · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Marketing