Public Housing and the American Dream: Residents' Views on Buying into "the Projects"

Housing Policy Debate

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 267-298

  Vale, Lawrence J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development revitalization; Homeownership; Low income housing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039250040     PISSN: 10511482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10511482.1998.9521295     Document Type: Article

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