Off-site students in the university city: Interaction between the right to housing and the right to study

Journal title ARCHIVIO DI STUDI URBANI E REGIONALI
Author/s Tommaso Frangioni, Giuliana Costa
Publishing Year 2025 Issue 2025/142
Language Italian Pages 16 P. 104-119 File size 152 KB
DOI 10.3280/ASUR2025-142008
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This paper is based on the first dataset elaboration of the “StudMiHome – Students Living in Milan” project, surveying the housing conditions of the students in the city of Milan and the housing paths that they experience. The research explores the actors networks that contribute to shaping the housing market for the students. The survey has allowed us to collect data on the quality of students housing attending the Politecnico di Milano and highlight “bad practices” to which students are subjected, even beyond the housing affordability.

Keywords: Milan; university; student housing conditions; “malepratiche”; social disease.

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Tommaso Frangioni, Giuliana Costa, Studenti fuorisede nella città universitaria: interazione fra diritto all’abitare e diritto allo studio in "ARCHIVIO DI STUDI URBANI E REGIONALI" 142/2025, pp 104-119, DOI: 10.3280/ASUR2025-142008