The uneven geography of housing affordability stress in Canadian metropolitan areas

Housing Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 361-393

  Bunting, Trudi ^a   Walks, R Alan ^b   Filion, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian metropolitan areas; Homelessness; Housing affordability stress; Inner city; Inner suburbs; Outer suburbs; Poverty

Indexed keywords

AFFORDABLE HOUSING; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING POLICY; METROPOLITAN AREA; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; URBAN HOUSING;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 3142772083     PISSN: 02673037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0267303042000204287     Document Type: Article

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