Market provision of affordable rental housing: Lessons from recent trends in Australia

Urban Policy and Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-19

  Yates, Judith ^a   Wulff, Maryann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Affordability; Australia; Private rental; Rental supply; Shortages

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646387049     PISSN: 08111146     EISSN: 14767244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0811114042000335250     Document Type: Article

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