Home ownership as public policy in the United States

Beyond Home Ownership: Housing, Welfare and Society

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 130-145

  Bratt, Rachel G ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84917489213     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203182260     Document Type: Chapter

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