Rearranging the deck chairs or reallocating the lifeboats? Homelessness assistance and its alternatives

Journal of the American Planning Association

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 111-121

  Culhane, Dennis P ^a   Metraux, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency assistance; Homelessness; Housing; Housing stabilization

Indexed keywords

HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING MANAGEMENT; HOUSING PROJECT; HOUSING PROVISION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 63849302785     PISSN: 01944363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01944360701821618     Document Type: Review

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