Homelessness and Poverty in Europe

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POVERTY, HOMELESSNESS AND FREEDOM The
residential well-being space for immigration. An
approach from the standpoint of capabilities
Homelessness and Poverty in Europe -
International and European Perspectives - Paris
Friday 18 September 2009
Guillem Fernàndez Evangelista Associació
ProHabitatge Autonomous University of Barcelona
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PRESENTATION OVERVIEW

• FOCUS ON CAPABILITIES WHEN ANALYSING POVERTY
  AND
• HOMELESSNESS
• THE HOME AND THE CHAIN OF SUSTAINABILITY OF
  HUMAN
• NEEDS
• THE RESIDENTIAL WELL-BEING SPACE APPLIED TO
• IMMIGRATION IN SPAIN
• CONCLUSIONS

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SECTION 1 CAPABILITY APPROACH POVERTY
SOCIAL EXCLUSION HOMELESSNESS
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THE CAPABILITY APPROACH (Amartya Sen and Martha
Nussbaum)







Entitlements
Satisfiers
Capabilities
Endowments

Functionings





Based on Jurgen Schuldt (1998)

• The essential concepts of the theory are mutually
• conditioning, although one does not necessarily
  lead to the other.

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POVERTY, SOCIAL EXCLUSION IN TERMS OF
CAPABILITIES
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HOW IS HOMELESSNESS DEFINED IN TERMS OF
CAPABILITIES?
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HOW IS HOMELESSNESS DEFINED IN TERMS OF
CAPABILITIES?
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A RESIDENTIAL PERSPECTIVE OF THE THEORY OF
CAPABILITIES

Endowments
Entitlements
Satisfiers
Capabilities
Functionings










Housing


Purchasing




Power






Keeping

Social
Legacies

Housing
Housing in
Home

Housing

Rights


adequate

Homeless


condition


Non
Shelters

Discrimin
ation


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SECTION 2 THE HOME AND THE CHAIN OF
SUSTAINABILITY OF HUMAN NEEDS
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THE CHAIN OF SUSTAINABILITY OF HUMAN NEEDS
(Enric Tello)

• Where are the satisfaction of peoples needs
  sustained?

HOUSING
MARKET



POLICY AND

LAWS
HOUSING



COMPATRIOTS

NGOs

NEIGHBOURHOOD FEDS.


PERSONAL
GROWTH




HEAT, COLD, WATER,

CLIMATE


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THE WELL-BEING SPACE
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• PART 3
• THE RESIDENTIAL WELL-BEING SPACE APPLIED TO
  IMMIGRATION IN SPAIN

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POVERTY TRENDS IN SPAIN. FOESSA (2008)
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IMMIGRATION AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION IN SPAIN.
FOESSA (2008)
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MARKET- Housing prices are estimated to have
risen 86.4 from 1997 to 2001, while wages
increased only 15.- The number of
dwellings built in 2005 reached 800,000 (FR
GR UK).- Between 1991 2001 vacant dwellings
increased 25.5.

HOUSING
MARKET

OWNER / RENT

ROOMS


MACRO
LEVEL


HOUSING


POLICY AND

REGULATIONS
,
SOCIAL SERVICES

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IMMIGRATION AND HOUSING. COLECTIVO IOE (2005)
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IMMIGRATION AND HOUSING. COLECTIVO IOE (2005)
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IMMIGRATION AND HOUSING. COLECTIVO IOE (2005)
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SEGMENTATION OF THE HOUSING MARKET- The
distribution of rental housing has an effect on
the distribution of the population. -
Lower-income families cannot access home
ownership status Concentration of economic
poverty in city areas with highest rental rates.
- Rex and Moore (1967) Housing classes
(social classes defined by the dwellings in which
they live)
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Source IMMIGRATION AND HOUSING. COLECTIVO IOE
(2005)
FAMILY
MICRO LEVEL
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LAND, WATER, ELECTRICITY, FOOD, CLIMATE
BASIC LEVEL
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CONCLUSIONS
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Associació ProHabitatge Profess
or Enric Tello Aragay (University of
Barcelona) FEANTSA European Network of Housing
Research W.G Guillem Fernàndez
Evangelista Associació ProHabitatge Autonomous
University of Barcelona Email
gfernandez_at_prohabitatge.org