Housing Policy and Urbanization in the United States

Harvard FAS

This course examines housing policy and its role in shaping the sociopolitical urban landscape in the United States. It is intended to provide those with an interest in urban politics and policy with a broad background on housing’s importance for the political lives of individuals, neighborhoods, and metropolitan areas; the evolution of housing policy over time; the role of political organizing and mobilization around housing; and the challenges facing housing policy today, as well as…