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The number of never-married and divorcedpersons living in one-person households willcontinue to increase strongly. The presenthousing stock shows different housingcharacteristics for highly urbanized and lessurbanized areas. There are differences inowner-occupancy, the share of one-familyhouses, the average number of rooms, and houseprices in the present and the preferreddistribution of these characteristics forone-person households. One-person householdscannot be treated as a single group. Severalgroups must be distinguished, each with its ownpreferences and perspectives. Solutions for thegap between present and preferred housing couldbe found in promoting mobility in the housingmarket and adequate new construction.
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Faessen, W. Present and preferred housing of one-personhouseholds in the Netherlands, 1998. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment 17, 337–350 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020221800785
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020221800785