Minimum parking requirements and housing affordability in New York City

Housing Policy Debate

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-68

  McDonnell, Simon ^a   Madar, Josiah ^a   Been, Vicki ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affordability; Minimum parking requirements; Zoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957661081     PISSN: 10511482     EISSN: 2152050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2011.534386     Document Type: Article

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