Building Equitable Cities: Policy Tools for Housing and Community Development

Harvard HKS

This course explores how U.S. cities can foster more inclusive and equitable futures through housing, economic development, and place-based investment strategies. Grounded in racial and spatial inequality realities, students will examine how public policy, at the federal, state, and local levels, can be harnessed to build stronger, more just communities.Topics include affordable housing finance and production, equitable transit-oriented development, displacement and gentrification,…