Separate and Unequal: The Housing Act of 1968 and the Section 235 Program

Sociological Forum

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 13-37

  Gotham, Kevin Fox ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Federal housing policies; Home ownership; Housing market; Racial disparities; Racial inequality; Residential segrega tion; Wealth

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347561563     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007542019652     Document Type: Article

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