Sustaining fair shares: The Australian housing system and intergenerational sustainability

AHURI Final Report

Volumn , Issue 111, 2008, Pages 1-102

  Yates, Judith ^a   Kendig, Hal ^a   Phillips, Ben ^a   Milligan, Vivienne ^a   Tanton, Rob ^a  

^a Urban Research Institute RMIT NATSEM Research Centre   (Australia)

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