Homelessness in the UK: who is most at risk?

Housing Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 96-116

  Bramley, Glen ^a   Fitzpatrick, Suzanne ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

critical realism; Homelessness; housing markets; labour markets; poverty

Indexed keywords

HOMELESSNESS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; HOUSING MARKET; HOUSING POLICY; LABOR MARKET; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL EXCLUSION;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85021638862     PISSN: 02673037     EISSN: 14661810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2017.1344957     Document Type: Article

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