Do Affordable Housing Projects Harm Suburban Communities? Crime, Property Values, and Taxes in Mount Laurel, NJ

City and Community

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 89-112

  Albright, Len ^a   Derickson, Elizabeth S ^b   Massey, Douglas S ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84879488609     PISSN: 15356841     EISSN: 15406040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cico.12015     Document Type: Article

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