Report handed out to Mr. Benoist APPARU
Secretary of State for Housing and Urban Planning (France)
On the 07/10/2009
Muriel BOULMIER
General Director of CILIOPÉE Group
President of the working group on « Demographic changes and ageing »
of the CECODHAS (European federation for social housing)
« Not so young, but not so old! »
INTRODUCTION – p.7 to 11 DEMOGRAPHIC CHALLENGE : KEY ISSUES FOR HOUSING – p.12 to 27 Homes : fields of adaptation - p.14 Incomes : towards the end of a happy parenthesis – p.18 Risks : preventing frailty - p.21 From old age to ageing: coordinating the actors – p.23 Adapting housing: a source of activities and jobs to promote and develop – …
« The adaptation of housing to the challenge of demographic change : a field for future work » The adaptation of housing to meet with the challenge of demographic change is a response to two concerns expressed by families when talking about their own situation or the situation of those who are dear to them, namely housing …
By addressing the issues of housing and ageing, we are bringing together two subjects that give rise to reactions driven by both feelings and emotions. One thing that they have in common is that they are both highly personal. However, we are also considering phenomena that are characterised by paradoxes. Whilst sociologist refer to “grey …
For an environment that is favourable to the adaptation of housing to the challenge of demographic change The demographic challenge of the ageing of the population… Women are still in the majority, since they account for almost 60% of those aged over 65; In fairly good health; Mostly in urban areas (80%); Once they have …
The government is attentive to the repercussions of demographic change, notably those that are the result of the ageing of the population. Even though the birth rate is more vigorous in France than in our neighbouring European countries, the ageing of the population is a strong tendency that seriously raises the question, with regard to …
