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Courses - Fall 2023
PLCY
Public Policy
PLCY488Y
Advanced Special Topics in Public Policy; Contemporary U.S. Affordable Housing Policy
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
Restriction: Must be in a major in PLCY-School of Public Policy. Must have earned a minimum of 60 credits.

An integrative course that allows policy students to explore timely affordable housing policy issues. Students will learn about current affordable housing issues in the U.S., including but not limited to, developing environmentally appropriate and resilient affordable housing,the surge in household growth and "missing middle housing," the rezoningof single-family neighborhoods, institutional investment in single family homes, the correlation between housing location and educational outcomes, reducing longstanding racial inequities in housingaccess, andbuilding black household wealth through homeownership or alternative means. The course will be in a seminar format led by faculty and policy experts.