Stimulating institutional investment in affordable housing in australia: Insights from the US

3rd Annual Australasian Housing Researchers' Conference, AHRC08

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Tony Gilmour, T ^a   Milligan, V ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFORDABLE HOUSING; AUSTRALIA; BAY AREAS; GEOGRAPHIC AREAS; HOUSING STOCK; INSTITUTIONAL INVESTMENTS; LOW-INCOME HOUSING; NON-PROFIT; SAN FRANCISCO; TAX CREDITS;

INVESTMENTS; PROFITABILITY; RESEARCH; TAXATION;

HOUSING;

EID: 84859091288     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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