Low income housing tax credit programme impacts on housing affordability in Australia: Microsimulation model estimates

Housing Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 361-380

  Wood, Gavin ^a   Watson, Richard ^b   Flatau, Paul ^c  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Housing affordability; Low income tax credit; Microsimulation; Microsimulation model

Indexed keywords

AFFORDABLE HOUSING; LOW INCOME HOUSING; TAX INCENTIVE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33646112637     PISSN: 02673037     EISSN: 14661810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02673030600586001     Document Type: Article

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