Owning a home: New opportunities and challenges for low-income women

Journal of Poverty

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 102-123

  Fogel, Sondra J ^a   Smith, Marc T ^b   Williamson, Anne R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial literacy; Foreclosure; Homeownership; Housing; Low income; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749127814     PISSN: 10875549     EISSN: 15407608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10875540801967973     Document Type: Article

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