Experiences of public housing residents following relocation: Explorations of ambiguous loss, resiliency, and cross-generational perspectives

Journal of Poverty

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 141-163

  Keller, Jodee ^a  

^a PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambiguous loss; HOPE VI; Immigrants; Poverty; Public housing; Relocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957593377     PISSN: 10875549     EISSN: 15407608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10875549.2011.563170     Document Type: Article

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