HOUSING AND PUBLIC POLICY

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain the relationship between federal, state, and local government programs. Audience: Graduate 2. Describe housing finance and mortgages, policies and programs to provide affordable housing for lower-income households in the context of the history and structure of housing in the US. Audience: Graduate 3. Evaluate the role of race and segregation in US housing history. Audience: Graduate 4. Explain the role of local governments in producing and regulating housing and community development. Audience: Graduate 5. Analyze housing plans and housing needs. Audience: Graduate 6. Apply basic financial analysis of housing proposals using Census and other government data. Understand various policy tools to produce and provide housing services. Audience: Graduate 7. Discuss professional ethics, social justice and equity concerns, and the role of race and poverty in housing policy. Audience: Graduate 8. Explain the role of planning and public policy in addressing inequality and exclusion. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain the relationship between federal, state, and local government programs. Audience: Graduate 2. Describe housing finance and mortgages, policies and programs to provide affordable housing for lower-income households in the context of the history and structure of housing in the US. Audience: Graduate 3. Evaluate the role of race and segregation in US housing history. Audience: Graduate 4. Explain the role of local governments in producing and regulating housing and community development. Audience: Graduate 5. Analyze housing plans and housing needs. Audience: Graduate 6. Apply basic financial analysis of housing proposals using Census and other government data. Understand various policy tools to produce and provide housing services. Audience: Graduate 7. Discuss professional ethics, social justice and equity concerns, and the role of race and poverty in housing policy. Audience: Graduate 8. Explain the role of planning and public policy in addressing inequality and exclusion. Audience: Graduate