Measuring housing stress: How much do definitions matter?

Urban Policy and Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 211-224

  Nepal, Binod ^a   Tanton, Robert ^a   Harding, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Housing affordability; Housing stress; Ratio measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959750899     PISSN: 08111146     EISSN: 14767244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08111141003797454     Document Type: Article

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