YOUTH 2020 - The position of young people in Slovenia

206 5.2.2  YOUNG PEOPLE’S HOUSING PREFERENCES When they have the ability to choose, young people strongly emphasize the need to live in their own apartment or house (81%). The share of young people who would prefer to rent an apartment is negligible (11.3%). This raises the important question of what kind of living orientations are actu- ally tied to their extremely strong need to own an apartment. Is it possi- ble to identify any other elements of this complex position in addition to the financial element (rising real estate prices, social factors, inability to obtain mortgage etc.)? For example, if we connect the stated data on the purchase of an apartment/house with the data on young people’s (educa- tional, leisure, work) mobility, we get an insight into slightly different el- ements and a different point of view regarding these issues. Figure 5.5: Decision on the purchase or lease of real estate. 55 + 25 + 9 + 6 + 5 I would much rather decide to buy an apartment or a house I would rather choose to buy an apartment or a house I don't care, I'm not sure I would rather live in a rented apartment or house I would much rather live in a rented apartment or house 55% 25% 8% 6% 5% Source: Mladina 2020. The data show that certain segments of the younger population also as- sociate the notion of having their own apartment with elements of cer- tain lifestyle orientations, which are related to “housing sedentarity” 1 (Kesselring, 2008; Hočevar, 2017), i.e., low domestic and international. 1 Sedentarity attributes toa type of lifestle that involves low levels of physical mobility and social consequences that this brings with it (e.g. potential low fluctuation of ideas, ex- change of information and social engagement). Housing sedentarity is in this relation a derivative of specific forms of sedentary lifestyles and effects that it relates to housing mobility. See also sub-meaning in “sedentism” in cultural anthropology, etc.