MERGING- Housing for immigrants and community integration in Europe and beyond: Strategies, policies, dwellings, and governance funded by European Union, Horizon 2020 Programme: WP3 Task 2: Comparative Report on Case Analysis

The present report on local case studies is thus framed within significant parts of the national states of the art sketched within the scope of WP2 for each country that is subject to our research (Italy, Spain, Sweden and France); Literature review on immigrants’ housing policies and practice existing at supra-national, national, and local level across relevant disciplines (see D2.1 Report); Policy analysis including elements of discourse analysis of documents, programs and legal framework that frame, shape and limit housing and immigrants’ integration in the four countries of the MERGING project, including how European discourses on integration and refugees’ policies guidelines are interpreted and implemented at national level (see D2.2 Report). According to our research design, WP3 had two major goals. The first one entailed the selection of a relevant project providing refugees with accommodation. An in-depth qualitative analysis of the selected case study was accordingly conducted to assess how the provision of housing affects refugees’ inclusion in the four countries. A comparative structure was then developed that partially reproduces that of the country reports, foreseeing 7 chapters respectively on: 1. State of the art: Refugee integration in the EU 2. Methodology 3. Case Studies 4. Governance regimes of refugees’ integration through housing 5. Social Integration Through Housing 6. Emerging issues: between challenges and opportunities 7. Conclusion