History lessons for today's housing policy: The politics of low-income housing

Housing Policy Debate

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 321-376

  von Hoffman, Alexander ^a  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Low income housing; Policy; Vouchers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868153870     PISSN: 10511482     EISSN: 2152050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2012.680478     Document Type: Article

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