Landlords vs Tenants = Top vs Bottom? Class Positions in Rental Housing in Germany

Q2 Social Sciences

Critical Housing Analysis Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI:10.13060/23362839.2023.10.1.554

Philipp Kadelke

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Abstract

Home ownership status is closely linked to social inequality in Germany, where tenants face several disadvantages in multiple dimensions. Even though Germany is one of the biggest renter and therefore landlord nations, in the context of the housing question it is the demand side that has been discussed and studied most. Less attention has been given to the supply side, particularly individual small-scale landlords. This article is one of the first attempts to shed light on the largest provider group that literally holds the keys to homes in its hands. Drawing on quantitative data, this article examines the socioeconomic profiles of landlords compared to tenants over time, finding landlords in the upper strata and witnessing long-term wealth divides in relation to tenants. Coupled with structural power imbalances during tenancies, this research seeks to stimulate research on private renting in the future from a class perspective.

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房东vs租客=顶层vs底层?德国出租房屋的阶级定位

在德国，房屋所有权状况与社会不平等密切相关，租户在多个方面面临着一些不利因素。尽管德国是最大的租房者之一，因此也是地主国家之一，但在住房问题的背景下，人们讨论和研究最多的是需求方面。对供应方面，特别是个体小房东的关注较少。这篇文章是第一批试图揭示最大的供应商集团的文章之一，他们实际上掌握着家庭的钥匙。利用定量数据，本文考察了房东与租客在一段时间内的社会经济状况，发现上层的房东，并见证了与租客相关的长期财富鸿沟。再加上租赁期间的结构性权力失衡，本研究旨在从阶级角度刺激未来对私人租赁的研究。

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Critical Housing Analysis Social Sciences-Sociology and Political Science

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期刊介绍： Critical Housing Analysis is a peer-reviewed academic journal focusing on critical and innovative housing research. The journal was launched in January 2014 and publishes two online issues annually. Critical Housing Analysis is published by the Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences. Critical Housing Analysis aims to provide on-line discussion space for researchers who come up with innovative, critical and challenging ideas and approaches in housing-related research. The unique function of this journal is to facilitate rapid feedback on critical and innovative ideas and methods developed by housing researchers around the world. We are especially keen to publish papers that provide: 1.Innovations in methods, theories and practices used in housing-related research. We especially welcome papers applying original research strategies (such as, mixed and interdisciplinary methods) and international comparisons with a strong sense for contextual and institutional differences. Papers should provide new and fresh research perspectives allowing a deeper understanding of housing markets, policies and systems. Innovations need to be justified but they could be “work in progress”, i.e. their findings may not yet have been fully verified. 2.Critiques of assumptions, methods and theories used in housing-related research. Such critical evaluations must be well-founded (empirically or by consistently logical argument) and convincing. However, there is no particular need to provide a solution to the problems that have been identified. 3.Critiques of applied housing practices and policies in particular cultural and institutional contexts, especially for those countries that are less represented in mainstream housing policy discourse. The critical assessment of policies must be analytical, should propose new perspectives and lead to wider policy implications.