Trying to understand low-income housing subsidies: Lessons from the United States

Urban Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 973-992

  Grigsby, William G ^a   Bourassa, Steven C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSING POLICY; LOW INCOME HOUSING; POLICY ANALYSIS; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038137201     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0042098032000074272     Document Type: Article

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