Tenancy databases, professional practices and housing access among low-income tenants in the private rental sector in Australia

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 930-943

  Short, Patricia ^a   Minnery, John ^a   Mead, Elspeth ^b   O'Flaherty, Martin ^a   Peake, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; HOUSING MARKET; LOW INCOME HOUSING; RENTAL SECTOR; TENURE RELATIONS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33845303142     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2006.00701.x     Document Type: Article

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