Learning Outcomes:
• Understand different ways of conceptualizing housing and the implications for policies and planning.
• Distinguish and evaluate various approaches to housing policies.
• Recognize how housing issues are influenced by and affect broader processes and dynamics.
• Demonstrate a critical understanding of the debates surrounding selected housing-related issues.
• Utilize concepts, theories, and methods introduced in class to assess and develop housing policies and planning interventions.
• Develop a normative perspective on housing and identify pathways towards just housing futures.
• Acquire skills in critical literature review and qualitative interviews.
Indicative Module Content:
• approaches to housing and housing policies
• housing regimes
• housing provision
• housing behaviours
• neighborhood
• social mix
• housing exclusion
• gentrification
• homelessness
• housing justice