Assets Debt and the Drawdown of Housing Equity by an Ageing Population

Ong, Rachel; Haffner, M.; Wood, G.; Jefferson, Therese; Austen, Siobhan

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Ong, Rachel

Haffner, M.

Wood, G.

Jefferson, Therese

Austen, Siobhan

Date

2013

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Ong, Rachel and Haffner, Marietta and Wood, Gavin and Jefferson, Therese and Austen, Siobhan. 2013. Assets Debt and the Drawdown of Housing Equity by an Ageing Population. AHURI Positioning Paper No. 153. Melbourne: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI).

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This Positioning Paper is the first output of a project that aims to uncover the uses, financial costs and risks of housing equity withdrawal (HEW) via alternative mechanisms by older Australians.