Unbanked to homeowner: Improving financial services for low-income, low-asset customers

Building Assets, Building Credit: Creating Wealth in Low-Income Communities

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 316-347

  Seidman, Ellen ^a   Tescher, Jennifer ^a  

^a ShoreBank Advisory Services   (United States)

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