Housing affordability in Singapore: Can we move from public to private housing?

Urban Policy and Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 253-270

  Yuen, Belinda ^a   Kwee, Lanny Kurnianingrum ^a   Tu, Yong ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Housing affordability; Measuring methods; Public private housing mobility; Singapore public housing

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958219804     PISSN: 08111146     EISSN: 14767244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08111140600703857     Document Type: Article

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