Absentee lot owners in Texas colonias: Who are they, and what do they want?

Habitat International

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 327-345

  Ward, Peter M ^a   Carew, Jeremiah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Comm Reg Plan Lat Amern Studs ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Colonias; Low income settlements; Methodology; Public policy

Indexed keywords

HOMEOWNERSHIP; HOUSING PROVISION; LOW INCOME HOUSING; URBAN HOUSING;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034115034     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-3975(99)00047-8     Document Type: Article

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