Owner-occupation in an increasingly uncertain world: The English experience

Beyond Home Ownership: Housing, Welfare and Society

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 108-129

  Whitehead, Christine ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84917491553     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203182260     Document Type: Chapter

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