Low-income homeowners and the challenges of home maintenance

Community Development

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-33

  Acquaye, Lucy ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affordable housing; Environment and sustainability; Infrastructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951781258     PISSN: 15575330     EISSN: 19447485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15575330.2010.491154     Document Type: Article

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