Course Schedule and Catalog

Department: College Courses

Meeting: 6:00PM - 6:50PM T (11-JAN-2027 - 23-APR-2027) 

Part of Term: Full Term - No WL Purge

Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory

Course Type: Seminar

Language of Instruction: Taught in English

Method of Instruction: Face to Face

Credit Hours: 1

 

Section Max Enrollment: 19

Section Enrolled: 0

Waitlisted: 0 (Max 99) 

Current members of the waitlist have priority for available seats.

Enrollment data as of: 2-NOV-2026 7:19AM

 

 

Final Exam: No Final Exam

 

Description: “Housing is absolutely essential to human flourishing. Without stable shelter, it all falls apart.” The United States is in a housing crisis. Nationally, we have a shortage of several million homes, and housing prices and rents are surging in almost all American cities. Many of our public housing authorities, including Houston’s, are shutting down or restructuring. In every city in the country, eviction, gentrification, and segregation shape the lives of urban residents in myriad direct and indirect ways. How can we begin to address this vast web of interconnected crises? This course will cover a wide range of housing policy concepts through a series of short lectures followed by discussions and/or hands-on workshops. The first part of the course will focus on historical analysis of housing markets, and the second part will focus on modern-day policies. There will be a midterm project in which students will present on the history of the housing market in a city of their choice, and a final project in which they will debate a series of housing policies in a mock council. After this course, students will be able to understand how the housing market operates and, most importantly, how to improve it.