Using public housing to achieve self-sufficiency: Can we predict success?

Housing Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 81-105

  Kleit, Rachel Garshick ^a   Rohe, William M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Public housing; Self sufficiency; Work enhancement

Indexed keywords

HOUSING POLICY; LOW INCOME HOUSING; SELF SUFFICIENCY; SOCIAL HOUSING;

EID: 13344287011     PISSN: 02673037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0267303042000308741     Document Type: Article

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