Quasi-homelessness among rural trailer-park households in the United States

International Perspectives on Rural Homelessness

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 45-62

  Salamon, Sonya ^a   MacTavish, Katherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203639634     Document Type: Chapter

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