URPL 6676 - Urban Housing

Examines planning and other aspects of urban housing, focusing primarily on U.S. urban housing conditions with some references to international conditions and comparisons. Major topics of the course include aggregate trends and patterns, housing in spatial context, the allocation process of housing markets and submarkets (supply/finance, demand/mobility/demographic change), housing problems and failures), (substandardness, inequitable distribution, special group needs, segregation and discrimination, market problems), the role of government, and alternative approaches. Semester Hours: 3 to 3