BFW-Studie - European Union of Developers and House Builders
BFW-Studie - European Union of Developers and House Builders
BFW-Studie - European Union of Developers and House Builders
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Housing for Senior Citizens<br />
five percent in the Netherl<strong>and</strong>s. Moreover, 50 percent <strong>of</strong> the Dutch housing stock is designed<br />
so that it can be adapted to the needs <strong>of</strong> the disabled or people requiring nursing<br />
care at a later stage at minimum expense.<br />
However, strict legal regulations with associated high financial cost must be avoided for<br />
any transfer to Germany. Low-barrier building st<strong>and</strong>ards are mainly needed to keep costs<br />
within limits to achieve this.<br />
Cross-border investments in housing for senior citizens have barely been observed to date<br />
due to high market entry barriers, particularly given the complex requirement for information<br />
about local markets. The <strong>European</strong> comparison also shows that alternative living<br />
models for senior citizens have been <strong>of</strong>fered on a modest scale so far <strong>and</strong> services to<br />
cater for the elderly in a domestic environment are <strong>of</strong>ten only very weakly evident.<br />
Reasons for the need <strong>of</strong> action –<br />
demographic change <strong>and</strong> its effects<br />
Pan-<strong>European</strong> population ageing<br />
Demographic change <strong>and</strong> the associated effects for the state, economy <strong>and</strong> society are<br />
advancing within a relatively narrow corridor in all <strong>European</strong> states. Nevertheless fluctuations<br />
can be observed among individual <strong>European</strong> state, which depending on their orientation,<br />
have an impact on the need to grapple with this problem <strong>and</strong> the effort involved.<br />
Italy<br />
Spain<br />
Austria<br />
Portugal<br />
Greece<br />
Bulgaria<br />
Pol<strong>and</strong><br />
Hungary<br />
Romania<br />
Germany<br />
Switzerl<strong>and</strong><br />
Belgium<br />
France<br />
Finl<strong>and</strong><br />
Irel<strong>and</strong><br />
Netherl<strong>and</strong>s<br />
Sweden<br />
Norway<br />
United Kingdom<br />
Denmark<br />
Luxembourg<br />
Turkey<br />
Increasing rate <strong>of</strong> the group 65 <strong>and</strong> older in Europe<br />
– In proportion <strong>of</strong> total population –<br />
2050<br />
2000<br />
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40<br />
Source: Federal Statistical Office, Germany<br />
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