Housing integration policies for migrants in urban settings. The case of the Albanian population in Athens

Αs part of the H2020 ITHACA project, this Policy paper is about the housing integration patterns of the Albanian population in Athens and the public policies that affect them, discussed in a European context. Moreover, to compare the Athenian case with other urban settings, the paper briefly discusses the important role played by different national and local contexts: in most southern European metropolises, the absence of housing policies leads to urban patterns mainly shaped by personal or family networks; this is apparent in central or northern EU countries/cities, where social policies are denser and migrants’ urban settlement takes place in more institutionalized terms