Introduction to Housing, Community, and Economic Development

Urban Studies and Planning MIT CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 1 lectures

This course provides students with a critical introduction to: social and economic inequality in America; equitable development as a response framework for planners; social capital and community building as planning concepts; and the history, development, and current prospects of the fields of housing (with an emphasis on affordability and inclusion) and local economic development.

Syllabus

  1. 1 Public Housing in the United States: Neighborhood Renewal and the Poor

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