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Low income elderly homeowners in very old dwellings — the need for public policy debate
Author(s)	Stephen M Golant
Journal title	Journal of Aging & Social Policy, vol 20, no 1, 2008
Pages	pp 1-28
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Poor elderly ; Owner occupied dwellings ; Social surveys ; United States of America.
Annotation	This paper assesses whether the usually favourable depictions of older homeowners in the United States can be generalised to those who have extremely low incomes and occupy the oldest housing stock. Analysing 1999 American Housing Survey data, this paper finds that poor older homeowners in such dwellings are more likely to be demographically disadvantaged and to occupy physically deficient dwellings. This paper calls for public debate on the comparative benefits and costs of US governmental programmes that help these vulnerable older people to age in place, as opposed to offering them alternative affordable housing options. (KJ/RH).
Accession Number	CPA-080415201 A
Classmark	F:W6: KEA: 3F: 7T
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