Low-income homeownership: Does it necessarily mean sacrificing neighborhood quality to buy a home?

Journal of Urban Affairs

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 171-198

  Santiago, Anna M ^a   Galster, George C ^a   Kaiser, Angela A ^a   Roman, Ana H Santiago San ^a   Grace, Rebecca A ^a   Linn, Andrew T W ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; HOMEOWNERSHIP; LATINO PEOPLE; LOW INCOME POPULATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

EID: 77953591544     PISSN: 07352166     EISSN: 14679906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9906.2009.00478.x     Document Type: Article

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