The role of owner-occupation in retirement in eight European countries

In many European countries ageing of the population puts pressure on collective welfare provision for the elderly. It is assumed that households increasingly have to take care of own financial means or rely more on family members in retirement. For the owner-occupiers, their dwelling – more specifically their housing equity – is usually the...

Exploring 'Housing asset-based welfare': Can the UK be held up as an example for Europe?

Home ownership as a financial resource? Household's perceptions in eight European countries

Home ownership Beyond asset and security. Perceptions of housing related security and insecurity in eight European countries

This book is the conclusion of a body of research that started with a workshop held at the University of York in October 2000, and which resulted in the book Globalisation and home ownership. Experiences in eight member states of the European Union (Doling & Ford, 2003). The collated information lifted thinking beyond politics, linking...

Home ownership beyond asset and security: Perceptions of housing related security and insecurity in eight European countries

The meaning of housing tenure in eight European countries (draft version)

Workshop 3. Session A. Abstract. Is home ownership the European dream? Since decades there is a discussion in housing literature on the meaning of housing tenure. Is there an innate preference to own as Saunders suggests, or can renting also satisfy basic needs of security? This paper examines the differences and similarities in the meaning of...