Is shared housing a way to reduce homelessness? The effect of household arrangements on formerly homeless people

Journal of Housing Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-12

  He, Yinghua ^a   O'Flaherty, Brendan ^a   Rosenheck, Robert A ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Homelessness; Mental health; Psychotic symptomology; Shared housing

Indexed keywords

EID: 75449119644     PISSN: 10511377     EISSN: 10960791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhe.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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