Planning for housing in the post-Barker era: Affordability, household formation, and tenure choice

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 79-98

  Meen, Geoffrey ^a   Andrew, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic models; Household formation; Housing affordability; Housing tenure

Indexed keywords

AFFORDABLE HOUSING; HOMEOWNERSHIP; HOUSING MARKET; HOUSING POLICY; HOUSING PROVISION; MODELING; TENURE SYSTEM;

EID: 47049113810     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: 14602121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grn010     Document Type: Article

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