Right to buy ... time to move? investigating the moving behaviour of right to buy owners in the UK

Journal of Housing and the Built Environment

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 129-146

  van Ham, Maarten ^a   Williamson, Lee ^b   Feijten, Peteke ^c   Boyle, Paul ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c Netherlands Institute of Social Research   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Longitudinal data; Migration; Moving reasons; Residential mobility; Right to buy; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

HOMEOWNERSHIP; HOUSING POLICY; MIGRATION; PUBLIC SECTOR; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; SOCIAL HOUSING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84875385545     PISSN: 15664910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10901-012-9296-3     Document Type: Article

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