'Housing First' and the Changing Terrains of Homeless Governance

Geography Compass

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 25-41

  Baker, Tom ^a   Evans, Joshua ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBALIZATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HOUSING PROVISION; SOCIAL HOUSING;

EID: 84957598039     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gec3.12257     Document Type: Article

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