Fewer subsidized exits and a recession: How New York City's family homeless shelter population became immense

Journal of Housing Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 99-125

  O'Flaherty, Brendan ^a   Wu, Ting ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Homeless shelters; Homelessness; Incentives; Subsidized housing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750286722     PISSN: 10511377     EISSN: 10960791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhe.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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