How much choice is there in housing choice vouchers? Neighborhood risk and free market rental housing accessibility for active drug users in Hartford, Connecticut

Substance Abuse: Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

Volumn 4, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Dickson Gomez, Julia B ^a   Cromley, Ellen ^b   Convey, Mark ^b   Hilario, Helena ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COST; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG USE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONNECTICUT; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL SUPPORT; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK;

EID: 65549121142     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1747597X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1747-597X-4-5     Document Type: Article

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