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Planning Policies and Affordable Housing: England as a Successful Case Study?

Christine M. E. Whitehead London School of Economics, and Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research, University of Cambridge, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 25-44 | Received 01 Sep 2005, Published online: 22 Dec 2006

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