As one of the most urgent issues facing planners today, housing policy is a crucial tool for impacting quality of life, affordability, and livability in cities, suburbs, and rural communities. Planetizen Courses provides a wealth of information about everything from historic housing policies and their continued impacts on urban design to fiscal impact analysis and sustainable development. You’ll hear from leading experts on hot-button topics such as zoning reform, density, transit-oriented development, and other issues that inform the housing debate today.
All Housing Courses
The Government’s Role in Historic Preservation
Instructor: Meredith Johnson
This course takes an in-depth look at the role of federal, state, and local governments in historic preservation. The course examines regulations, funding, and tax relief.
Incorporating the Sustainable Development Goals into the Planning Process
Instructor: Chris Holtkamp
This course focuses on the many ways planners can infuse sustainability into local planning activities and policies using the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals as a guiding framework.
Taken For A Ride
The film argues that automobile manufacturers like General Motors deliberately sabotaged streetcar systems through service reductions and fare increases to pursue a program of motorization on its way to becoming one of the largest companies in the world's history.