Housing Needs of Older People in Poland as Exemplified by the Warsaw, Poznań and Szczeciń Urban Areas

Iwański Rafał (), Rataj Zuzanna () and Cieśla Agnieszka ()
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Iwański Rafał: Faculty of Humanities, University of Szczecin
Rataj Zuzanna: Faculty of Economics, Poznan University of Economics and Business
Cieśla Agnieszka: Faculty of Geodesy and Cartography, Warsaw University of Technology

Real Estate Management and Valuation, 2019, vol. 27, issue 2, 126-137

Abstract: Due to an ageing population, local governments are facing new challenges in the field of addressing the housing needs of older people. Seniors are not a homogeneous group; three basic categories may be distinguished in terms of independence level and the resulting needs. The first category would include independent people, the second one - the elderly with limited independence, and in this case it is necessary to adapt their dwellings to the needs of people with partial disabilities, e.g. dedicated housing. The last category is comprised of people with considerable dependence for whom there is a need to create special dwellings such as sheltered housing or assisted living housing. The aim of this paper is to diagnose the housing preferences of the elderly and to explore the solutions of the selected municipalities in the field of addressing the housing needs of seniors. The issue is analyzed based on desk research and information collected within field research in the Warsaw, Poznań and Szczecin urban areas.

Keywords: housing needs; the elderly; seniors; housing policy; ageing in place (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A13 H00 J11 J14 J26 Z18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.2478/remav-2019-0020

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