Who should run the housing voucher program? A reform proposal

Housing Policy Debate

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 239-262

  Katz, Bruce J ^a   Turner, Margery Austin ^b  

^a BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Low income housing; Mobility; Neighborhood

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039886739     PISSN: 10511482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2001.9521403     Document Type: Article

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