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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Introduction to Housing, Community, and Economic Development

Massachusetts Institute of Technology via MIT OpenCourseWare

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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

  • Public Housing in the United States: Neighborhood Renewal and the Poor

Taught by

Prof. Justin Steil and Prof. J. Phillip Thompson

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