Housing for immigrants and community integration in Europe and beyond: Strategies, policies, dwellings, and governance (2021-2024)

Housing as a factor of migrant integration

Housing represents a central factor in existing integration policies and initiatives across EU migration policies, regional economic and social systems, and individual practices. The EU-funded MERGING project will conduct an interdisciplinary study of migrant integration relying on participatory housing initiatives to test an innovative method with a view to encouraging and assuring a sustainable migrant integration process. The advanced and multi-method strategy provides in-depth analyses of the long-term impacts of participatory housing initiatives, factors supporting or preventing migrants’ access to civic rights in local communities, and local stakeholders’ responses to migrant socioeconomic integration. The project envisions contributing to integration studies, offering direct benefits to migrants and evidence-based policy advice.