The discourse of housing debt: The social construction of landlords, lenders, borrowers and tenants

Housing, Theory and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 165-178

  Hunter, Caroline ^a   Nixon, Judy ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discourse; Rent mortgage arrears; Tenure

Indexed keywords

DEBT; HOUSING FINANCE; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033500338     PISSN: 14036096     EISSN: 16512278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14036099950149893     Document Type: Article

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