The Changing Relationship Between Housing and Inequality, 1980–2010

Housing Policy Debate

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 16-40

  Foster, Thomas B ^a   Kleit, Rachel Garshick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b The Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

affordability; Great Recession; homeownership; inequality; subprime lending

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921438861     PISSN: 10511482     EISSN: 2152050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2014.933118     Document Type: Article

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