The role of housing and services in ending family homelessness

Housing Policy Debate

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 781-806

  Bassuk, Ellen L ^a,b   Geller, Stephanie ^a  

^a The National Center on Family Homelessness   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Families and children; Homelessness; Housing

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248179523     PISSN: 10511482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2006.9521590     Document Type: Review

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