Weaknesses of housing affordability indices used by practitioners

Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-52

  Jewkes, Melanie D ^a   Delgadillo, Lucy M ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Housing affordability; Housing affordability indices; Housing policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958793037     PISSN: 10523073     EISSN: 19477910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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