“More than the house”: A Canadian perspective on housing stability

Housing, Care and Support

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 99-108

  Jakubec, Sonya L ^a   Tomaszewski, Andreas ^a   Powell, Tracy ^a   Osuji, Joseph ^a  

^a MOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Addictions; Canada; Environmental scan; Housing; Housing stability; Qualitative thematic analysis; Service delivery; Social welfare; Support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866311750     PISSN: 14608790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14608791211268518     Document Type: Article

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