Housing vouchers in the United States, Great Britain, and the Netherlands: Current issues and future perspectives

Housing Policy Debate

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 575-609

  Priemus, Hugo ^a,b   Kemp, Peter A ^c   Varady, David P ^d  

^a Department of System Innovation Spatial Development ^*  (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Federal policy; Housing assistance programs; Low income housing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645677261     PISSN: 10511482     EISSN: 10511482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2005.9521556     Document Type: Article

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