Are Section 8 housing subsidies to high?

Journal of Housing Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 214-243

  Crews Cutts, Amy ^a   Olsen, Edgar O ^b  

^a Mailstop 484   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 0036710645     PISSN: 10511377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1051-1377(02)00102-X     Document Type: Article

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