Measuring the impact of Community Development Block Grant spending on urban neighborhoods

Housing Policy Debate

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 903-934

  Galster, George ^a   Walker, Christopher ^b   Hayes, Christopher ^b   Boxall, Patrick ^c   Johnson, Jennifer ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c KRA Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Community development and revitalization; Federal government; Urban policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 26044439946     PISSN: 10511482     EISSN: 10511482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2004.9521526     Document Type: Article

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