YOUTH 2020 - The position of young people in Slovenia

Young people, housing, and sustainable environment  203 Figure 5.4: Assessment of housing conditions of young people. 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% Very poor / unsuitable for living Weak Somehow acceptable Very good Good 0.3 1.3 13.8 54.9 29.7 0.8 3.5 11.9 44.2 39.6 0% 2010 2020 Sources: Mladina 2010, Mladina 2020. The large proportion of owner-occupied housing in Slovenia acts as a buff- er for the housing problems of young people, who mostly rely on the exist- ing structure of private housing (mostly owned by their parents). Approx- imately 54% of young people state that they would first turn to their parents in the event of a need for housing, with all other answers being less frequent. In accordance with strong parental support, specific forms or modifications of young people’s housing expectations have developed over time that affect their perception of independence, personal develop- ment and lifestyle orientations. For example, about half of the young peo- ple (approx. 47%), who rate their living conditions as good and the signifi- cant amount (37.9%) who rate them as very good, at the same time state that they have a housing problem. It is worthmentioning that almost 88% of young people living with their parents rate their living conditions as good or very good. At the same time, almost half of young people (approx- imately 46%) who live with their parents permanently, state that they also have a housing problem. The importance of this problem among young people also increases with age, i.e. older groups of young people are more likely to notice a housing problem compared to younger groups. For exam- ple, 40% of young people in the 15-18 age group recognise this problem as important or very important, while in the 19-24 age group this share is