Edited by Daniel Rauhut, Affiliated Researcher, Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal and Marika Gruber, Senior Researcher and Lecturer, School of Management, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Austria

‘In a time of growing number of those seeking protection from war, oppression, and violence, running parallel to profound disparities in accessing the housing market, this is an opportune book for scholars, policymakers and students in the fields of rural studies, regional planning and social sciences. Bringing together a group of distinguished and emerging researchers, this book brings valuable insights to understand the complexities and challenges of housing arrangements for refugees in 11 European countries. Offering a comprehensive view of the interplay between public, private, and non-governmental actors it shows that a holistic understanding of housing for refugees is a complex issue involving integration into the community besides a material shelter.’

• ContentsPreface xiii1 Refugee housing in Europe: an introduction to the challengesand problems in multi-dimensional governance 1Daniel Rauhut and Marika Gruber2 Refugee housing policy and practice in the United Kingdom 18Philip Brown, Santokh Gill and Jamie P. Halsall3 The policy and practice of refugee housing in Finland 36Pekka Kettunen and Jarkko Rasinkangas4 Settling refugees in rural Norway: experiences, organisationand challenges 52Mary Ann Stamsø, Per Olav Lund, Simona Boari and Geir Skirbekk5 Navigating conflicted policy processes: the challenges ofhousing refugees in Sweden 68Daniel Rauhut6 Refugee housing in German cities: a lot of directions withlittle guidance 85Eli Auslender7 Collective accommodation revisited: the factors that shapelocal approaches to refugee housing in Germany 103Franziska Ziegler and Boris Kühn8 Refugee integration in rural areas in Italy: the role of multi-actor networks in providing effective temporary receptionservices 121Emidia Vagnoni, Caterina Cavicchi and Chiara Oppi9 Forced migrants, refugees and housing in Portugal: publicpolicies and everyday practices 141Sílvia Leiria Viegas and Cristina Santinho10 Ukrainian refugees in Romania: refugee housing policiesunder pressure 160Alina Ligia Dumitrescu11 Shaping shelter: exploring centralized policy processes inSerbia’s refugee housing approach 176Marijana Pantić and Tamara Maričić12 Solving the asylum-seeker and refugee housing puzzle in Spain 193Raúl Lardiés-Bosque13 Accommodation of asylum seekers and refugees as a multi-level governance policy issue: evidence from two Austriancase studies in the rural countryside 212Marika Gruber, Ingrid Machold and Jessica Pöcher14 Widening the lens and localising refugee housing policies,challenges and solutions 231Stefan Kordel and Tobias Weidinger

Edited by Daniel Rauhut, Affiliated Researcher, Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal and Marika Gruber, Senior Researcher and Lecturer, School of Management, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Austria

‘In a time of growing number of those seeking protection from war, oppression, and violence, running parallel to profound disparities in accessing the housing market, this is an opportune book for scholars, policymakers and students in the fields of rural studies, regional planning and social sciences. Bringing together a group of distinguished and emerging researchers, this book brings valuable insights to understand the complexities and challenges of housing arrangements for refugees in 11 European countries. Offering a comprehensive view of the interplay between public, private, and non-governmental actors it shows that a holistic understanding of housing for refugees is a complex issue involving integration into the community besides a material shelter.’

• ContentsPreface xiii1 Refugee housing in Europe: an introduction to the challengesand problems in multi-dimensional governance 1Daniel Rauhut and Marika Gruber2 Refugee housing policy and practice in the United Kingdom 18Philip Brown, Santokh Gill and Jamie P. Halsall3 The policy and practice of refugee housing in Finland 36Pekka Kettunen and Jarkko Rasinkangas4 Settling refugees in rural Norway: experiences, organisationand challenges 52Mary Ann Stamsø, Per Olav Lund, Simona Boari and Geir Skirbekk5 Navigating conflicted policy processes: the challenges ofhousing refugees in Sweden 68Daniel Rauhut6 Refugee housing in German cities: a lot of directions withlittle guidance 85Eli Auslender7 Collective accommodation revisited: the factors that shapelocal approaches to refugee housing in Germany 103Franziska Ziegler and Boris Kühn8 Refugee integration in rural areas in Italy: the role of multi-actor networks in providing effective temporary receptionservices 121Emidia Vagnoni, Caterina Cavicchi and Chiara Oppi9 Forced migrants, refugees and housing in Portugal: publicpolicies and everyday practices 141Sílvia Leiria Viegas and Cristina Santinho10 Ukrainian refugees in Romania: refugee housing policiesunder pressure 160Alina Ligia Dumitrescu11 Shaping shelter: exploring centralized policy processes inSerbia’s refugee housing approach 176Marijana Pantić and Tamara Maričić12 Solving the asylum-seeker and refugee housing puzzle in Spain 193Raúl Lardiés-Bosque13 Accommodation of asylum seekers and refugees as a multi-level governance policy issue: evidence from two Austriancase studies in the rural countryside 212Marika Gruber, Ingrid Machold and Jessica Pöcher14 Widening the lens and localising refugee housing policies,challenges and solutions 231Stefan Kordel and Tobias Weidinger