PLCY488Y

Advanced Special Topics in Public Policy; Contemporary U.S. Affordable Housing Policy

Must have earned a minimum of 60 credits. An integrative course that allows policy students to explore timely affordable housing policy issues. Students will learn about current affordable housing issues in the U.S., including but not limited to, developing environmentally appropriate and resilient affordable housing,the surge in household growth and "missing middle housing," the rezoningof single-family neighborhoods, institutional investment in single family homes, the correlation between housing location and educational outcomes, reducing longstanding racial inequities in housingaccess, andbuilding black household wealth through homeownership or alternative means. The course will be in a seminar format led by faculty and policy experts.

Sister Courses: PLCY488A, PLCY488B, PLCY488N, PLCY488P

Past Semesters

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During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 2.94 between 22 students*

PLCY488Y Grade Distribution+-051015202530354045% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 18.18%
A: 18.18%
B-: 4.55%
B: 27.27%
B+: 9.09%
C: 4.55%
C+: 9.09%
W: 9.09%
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.