Using housing vouchers to move to the suburbs: How do families fare?

Housing Policy Debate

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 347-382

  Varady, David P ^a   Walker, Carole C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affordability; Housing assistance programs; Mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 25144481391     PISSN: 10511482     EISSN: 10511482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2003.9521480     Document Type: Article

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