Holes in the Safety Net, Leaks in the Roof: Changes in Canadian Welfare Policy and Their Implications for Social Housing Programs

Housing Policy Debate

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 825-848

  Prince, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Policy; Welfare faculty of human and social development at the university of victoria

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038386928     PISSN: 10511482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10511482.1998.9521320     Document Type: Article

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