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DUTCH HOUSEHOLDS' STRATEGIES FOR OLD AGE AND THE ROLE OF HOUSING WEALTH

Debates surrounding pension and care provi- sion for the elderly echo with the term 'ageing'. Dutch households have reason to save and invest more in order to guarantee their future financial wellbeing. An increasing number of people are investing in owner- occupation, and the question is whether this is a deliber- ate financial strategy. This paper presents the outcomes of interviews held with a number of households as part of the EU 'Demographic Change and Housing Wealth' project. Selling the property or taking out a reverse mort- gage in retirement was not necessarily a general plan, although the non-retired were able to imagine doing so. However, housing wealth might prove inadequate as people do not generally intend to repay their mortgage