Housing abandonment in inner cities-the politics of low demand for housing

Housing Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 703-716

  Keenan, Paul ^a   Lowe, Stuart ^b   Spencer, Sheila ^c  

^a English Churches Housing Association   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE CITY COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; HOUSING CONDITIONS; HOUSING POLICY; INNER CITY AREA; URBAN SOCIETY;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032726414     PISSN: 02673037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02673039982687     Document Type: Article

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