L’intermediazione immobiliare in un rione indo-pakistano italiano. (Italian)

The article investigates residential conflict in a Hindustani suburb in Brescia. How could we account of real estate speculation within an «ethnic» brokerage system, nourished by poor housing policies and micro-scale transnational capitalism? The case study reveals the short-circuits behind the financialisation of housing: the tension between residents and property owners, between those who extract monetary value from the «house» and those who struggle to have one. Halfway stand the new landlords, long-term immigrants who have invested in «bricks and mortar» to consolidate their status and provide a roof for newly arrived compatriots, triggering a spiral of distrust and dubious reciprocity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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