The subject of this thesis is Hitt húsið (e. The Other House) which was founded in 1991 and was the first youth house establishment that focused on young people aged 16-25.
Meginviðfangsefni þessarar ritgerðar er saga Hins hússins, fyrsta ungmennahússins á Íslandi, sem tók til starfa í Reykjavík árið 1991. Markmið ritgerðarinnar er tvíþætt.