Population Aging and Housing Diversity in Poland: The Importance of Aging in the Right Place

Greta E. Garniss was born in Boston, MA, USA, and graduated from Boston University with a bachelor’s degree in international relations. She spent more than a decade working as a real estate market analyst performing market studies, and asset management reviews for those looking to develop, invest, refinance or acquire residential properties. In the mid-2000s she began focusing exclusively on senior housing. In 2011, she received a master’s degree with honors in Central and Eastern European Business from Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. Her master’s thesis was about the lack of senior housing choice in Poland. She received a Fulbright Grant that she used to self-publish the book “Housing Issues for Mobile Seniors in Poland”. She has spent over a decade in Poland speaking with seniors, developers, architects, and investors, creating original research. She has been published in books and trade publications and has spoken at European housing and aging conferences.