Understanding the Housing Pathways and Migration Plans of Young Talents in Metropolises–A Case Study of Shenzhen

In the context of skyrocketing house prices and fierce competition for talents between cities, this study explores housing pathways young their future migration plans in Shenzhen, China. Using approach Bourdieu’s theory practice with three concepts, uncovers how structural factors often-overlooked agency together influence formation different pathways. Drawing on 18 semi-structured interviews talents, four were identified: staying at parents’ home, private renting to owning, talented renting, progressive renting. We found that interaction habitus forms capital shapes addition, following have various plans. This paper sheds new light use providing a nuanced understanding behaviour.