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SHARECourse Info
10 video lessons (59 Mins)
Published
2024
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1.Introduction
5 mins
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2.100 Years of US Housing Policy: 1860-1900
5 mins
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3.1900-1930s
9 mins
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4.1930s-1960
11 mins
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5.The History of Inclusive Housing Policy
6 mins
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6.Housing Plans
11 mins
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7.Affordable Housing and Affordability Challenges
1 min
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8.Strategies and Policies to Address Housing Affordability
2 mins
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9.Zoning for Equity
3 mins
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10.Conclusion
1 min
What You Will Learn
Understand forces that have shaped housing crises Learn the history and background of U.S. housing policy Learn the basics about housing affordability Learn the basics of housing plans Understand the basics of Affordable Housing Adopt strategies and implement policies to create and preserve housingCourse Description
The United States has experienced a significant rise in income inequality, leading to a widespread housing affordability crisis. Today, more than half of households in several major cities are cost-burdened. Planners have an important role in understanding fundamental aspects of U.S. housing policy, particularly as they relate to planners’ historic role and their capacity to identify and remove some of the regulatory, social, and economic barriers to the creation of affordable housing. Some of these barriers require monetary solutions, others political. In some cases, the planning process itself, however well-intentioned, contributed to the housing crisis. Longstanding assumptions that have divided races and classes of people based on housing typologies and districts remain embedded in many local zoning and development codes.
This course will provide introductory information about U.S. housing policy covering the following content: highlights from a century of U.S. housing policy (land use and residential politics) between 1860 and the 1950s; social movements and the evolution of inclusive housing policy in the 1960s through the 1980s; the 10 reasons why housing is unaffordable (covering the 1990s through today); how communities plan for housing and policies that affect housing planning; an introduction to affordable housing and who is affected by housing affordability challenges; and a spotlight on key housing policies used to address housing affordability and availability.
Learn these skills
- Equity
- Housing
- Land Use
- Law and Policy
- Regulations
- Zoning Codes
