Impacts of the commercialisation of student residence halls in form of purpose-built student accommodation on the life quality of students - A case study of the city of Bremen
Author
Pusch, Melina Desiree
Term
4. Term
Publication year
2016
Submitted on
2016-06-01
Pages
103
Abstract
Since around 2010, the German student housing market has shifted with the rise of privately developed, commercial residence halls (purpose‑built student accommodation, PBSA) alongside traditional public provision. Amid growing student numbers and tight rental markets, PBSA typically offer upgraded amenities at higher rents. This thesis examines how commercialization through PBSA affects students’ quality of life in the city of Bremen and how local decision‑makers position themselves. Using a qualitative case study that combines document review and interviews with students, experts, and actors involved in student housing, it explores implications for affordability, the socio‑spatial composition of the student population, and the typical student housing pathway. The findings indicate that PBSA can have critical impacts by increasing risks of social and spatial differentiation and by diminishing some advantages of the traditional student housing trajectory, largely due to a strong commercial emphasis. The study adds a qualitative perspective to the German context, complementing predominantly quantitative market assessments from other countries.
Det tyske marked for studieboliger har siden omkring 2010 ændret sig med fremkomsten af kommercielle, privatejede kollegier (purpose-built student accommodation, PBSA) som supplement til de traditionelle offentlige boliger. På baggrund af stigende studenterårgange og et presset boligmarked tilbyder PBSA ofte opgraderede faciliteter til høje huslejer. Denne afhandling undersøger, hvordan kommercialiseringen i form af PBSA påvirker studerendes livskvalitet i Bremen, og hvordan lokale aktører forholder sig til udviklingen. Med et kvalitativt casestudie, der kombinerer dokumentanalyse og interviews med studerende, aktører og eksperter, belyses mulige konsekvenser for økonomisk belastning, den socio‑rumlige struktur blandt studerende og den typiske “boligvej” gennem studietiden. Resultaterne peger på, at PBSA kan have kritiske effekter ved at øge risikoen for social og rumlig opdeling og ved at udhule nogle af de fordele, som normalt knytter sig til den traditionelle studenterboligbane, især som følge af et stærkt kommercielt fokus. Afhandlingen bidrager med en kvalitativ vurdering i en tysk kontekst, hvor eksisterende viden primært er kvantitativ og ofte hentet fra engelsksprogede lande.
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