Housing Choice Vouchers and Crime in Charlotte, NC

Housing Policy Debate

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 559-596

  Mast, Brent D ^a   Wilson, Ronald E ^b  

^a Special Needs Assistance Program   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

crime; HUD; rental housing; U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; vouchers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879688360     PISSN: 10511482     EISSN: 2152050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2013.794853     Document Type: Article

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