Welfare to work in Australia: Disability income support, housing affordability and employment incentives

European Journal of Housing Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 275-297

  Dalton, Tony ^a   Ong, Rachel ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disability; Employment; Housing; Income support

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; HOUSING MANAGEMENT; HOUSING PROVISION; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; OECD; PENSION SYSTEM; RENTAL SECTOR; SOCIAL HOUSING; WELFARE PROVISION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34547569418     PISSN: 14616718     EISSN: 14733269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616710701477904     Document Type: Article

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