The costs of unsustainable home ownership in Britain

Journal of Social Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 305-330

  Ford, Janet ^a,b   Burrows, Roger ^a  

^a Department of Housing Policy ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEOWNERSHIP; HOUSING POLICY; MORTGAGE LENDING; SOCIAL POLICY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032863880     PISSN: 00472794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0047279499005620     Document Type: Article

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