What is housing affordability? The case for the residual income approach

Housing Policy Debate

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 151-184

  Stone, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Affordability; Low income housing; Residual income

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746374332     PISSN: 10511482     EISSN: 10511482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2006.9521564     Document Type: Article

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