Immigrants and homelessness - At risk in Canada's outer suburbs

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 288-304

  Preston, Valerie ^a   Murdie, Robert ^a   Wedlock, Jane ^b   Agrawal, S Sandeep ^c   Anucha, Uzo ^a   D'Addario, Silvia ^a   Kwak, Min J ^a   Logan, Jennifer ^a   Murnaghan, A Murnaghan ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b York Region Alliance to End Homelessness   (Canada)

^c RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Homelessness; Housing; Immigrants; Outer suburbs

Indexed keywords

COST; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSING; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; INCOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBURBAN AREA;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 69949092975     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: 15410064     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0064.2009.00264.x     Document Type: Article

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