Homeownership for the poor in distressed neighborhoods: Does this make sense?

Housing Policy Debate

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 597-630

  Harkness, Joseph ^a   Newman, Sandra J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Homeownership; Low income housing; Neighborhood

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039482960     PISSN: 10511482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2002.9521456     Document Type: Article

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