Housing choice vouchers, the low-income housing tax credit, and the federal poverty deconcentration goal

Urban Affairs Review

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 119-132

  Williamson, Anne R ^a   Smith, Marc T ^b   Strambi Kramer, Marta ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deconcentration; Housing choice vouchers; Housing policy; Low income housing tax credit; Poverty; Section 8

Indexed keywords

HOUSING POLICY; LOW INCOME HOUSING; METROPOLITAN AREA; POVERTY; TAX SYSTEM; URBAN HOUSING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68649110270     PISSN: 10780874     EISSN: 15528332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078087409336529     Document Type: Article

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