Using hot-spot analysis to study the clustering of Section 8 housing voucher families

Housing Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-48

  Wang, Xinhao ^a   Varady, David P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Housing vouchers; Segregation; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL PROVISION; HOUSING POLICY; POLICY MAKING; SOCIAL SEGREGATION;

HAMILTON COUNTY [OHIO]; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 13344284613     PISSN: 02673037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0267303042000308714     Document Type: Article

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