Beyond the normative: Low income private renters' perspectives of housing affordability and need for housing assistance

Urban Policy and Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-66

  Seelig, Tim ^a   Phibbs, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Affordability; Housing assistance; Housing needs; Low income renters; Normative measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 74649086375     PISSN: 08111146     EISSN: 14767244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08111140600590858     Document Type: Article

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