Turning everywhere, getting nowhere: Experiences of seeking help

Housing Policy Debate

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 647-686

  Fields, Desiree ^a   Libman, Kimberly ^a   Saegert, Susan ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Default; Financial institutions; Foreclosure; Homeownership; Industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957667469     PISSN: 10511482     EISSN: 2152050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2010.503710     Document Type: Article

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