Columbia University 

Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation

Urban Planning Program

Fall 2023

PLA6646: Affordable Housing

 

Instructors: Emily Kurtz and Kristin Miller

Class Meetings: Wednesdays  5-7 pm, 300 Buell South

Office Hours: Available by request.  Please contact instructors thru Canvas

Course website: http://courseworks.columbia.edu (Log in and this course should be displayed on the screen).

 

Course Description: This course will guide students through the practical workings of affordable housing, in relation to current local, state and federal policies. As an introduction to affordable housing, the course is accessible to students with a wide range of knowledge levels and interest in the topic. The goal is for each student to become well-informed on the policies and politics of affordable housing, as well as to gain a solid introduction to the development process. The course will prepare students for the work environment and will serve as an introduction to potential careers in affordable housing. Our goal also is to provide an intellectually engaging classroom where students can explore and learn about the practical and theoretical fundamentals of affordable housing with a strong focus on NYC.

Learning Objectives:  Students will gain the analytical skills and knowledge necessary to plan for and develop affordable housing in New York City. In doing so, the course will address many of the housing issues that have vexed planners and policy makers and make developing affordable housing so complex.  Examples of issues include:

• Shortage of available housing     
• Balancing affordability and limited government resources
• Zoning in a dense urban environment – high vs. low density
• Prioritizing eligible populations for affordable housing – managing supply and demand
• Complex bureaucratic processes
• Housing as a right vs. a commodity
• Community participation and decision making, and partnerships

 

Students will learn to utilize the plethora of housing data available so as to assess housing market conditions in a particular locality. With these skills, students will be better prepared to formulate effective housing plans and policies. 

 

Course Format: The course will be a combination of lectures and seminars, with emphasis on seminars.  Guest speakers will be invited to many of the classes and will speak for the first 30 minutes of class, including time for questions and answers from the students, both impromptu and prepared in advance of each class by students. The speakers will be experts in the class topic and readings will support their experience. After their mini-presentation, they may leave, allowing for further discussion for the remaining class period on the presentation as well as readings. Time will also be set aside for a Trade Off Debate, described in more detail below. 

Class Requirements

Students will be evaluated based upon the following:

1. Class Participation: 20% of final grade

The class meets once a week for 2 hours. Students are expected to come to class prepared, complete the required readings, and actively participate in the class. The class-time is designed for open communication, questions, and discussion.  Contribution to these discussions is part of the final grade. Students will also receive points for organizing Guest Speaker questions for one class. Each class will be worth one point and the Guest Speaker task is worth 8 points.

2. Homework Assignments: 20% of final grade

Students will be required to post to Canvas a brief reflection after each class (except for final 13th class). The purpose is to demonstrate learning, focusing on key takeaways and progressive knowledge for the student.  One reflection, the date chosen by the student, will be to write an Op Ed on any topic relevant to this course and will be in lieu of a brief reflection.  Students may want to write their Op Ed on the same topic as their Trade-Off Debate. While the writing requirements are brief, please put some thought into these assignments and submit them in Canvas by the deadline. The deadline allows the instructors the opportunity to review assignments before the next class, and late submissions may not be reviewed prior to class.  Points will be deducted for late submissions. Each reflection is worth one point, the Op Ed is worth 8 points.  

3. Trade-Off Debates: 30% of final grade

Each student will be assigned a partner and topic, and will be responsible for presenting an argument for or against a complex topic related to housing in both oral and written form.  The trade-off debates will occur throughout the semester and will be assigned to each student early in the semester. The written argument should be three pages long and is due the Tuesday before class; students may jointly write the paper or submit separate papers. The oral debate will happen during class on Wednesday and should be 10 minutes long.  Each student will be graded based upon the thoughtfulness and logic of their case and the effectiveness of their presentation, each portion counting 50% of the Trade-Off Debate grade.  The expectation is that each student will present in class with an opponent, debate style.  Collaboration between opponents while preparing for the debate is encouraged, for both the written argument and oral debate. 

 

4. RFP Response: 30% of final grade (group project), 10% of which will be graded as a first draft due at Midterm.  

The class will be divided into groups to respond to Request for Proposals (RFPs) issued by the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development. Each group will submit a proposal in writing and present it to the class.  Grading will be based on:

- Midterm draft submission (10%) 

- compliance with RFP requirements (20%)

- quality of narrative (30%)

- technical appropriateness (i.e., budget, zoning, design descriptions, community need) (30%)     

- participation, as graded by teammates (10%)     

Class Schedule

 

1. September 6th: Intro Class and History of US Housing Policy Part I

This class will lay out how classes will operate for the semester and review requirements, expectations and timelines for assignments.  Students will also learn of the history of housing across the United States to better understand who we got to where we are today.  Such information will help students gain more from upcoming housing experts in future classes.  

 

2. September 13th: History of US Housing Policy Part II

Continuing the background work of the first class, the lecture will focus more on New York City history, policies and funding to understand the context of developing affordable housing in 2023.

 

READINGS: (Readings marked with a * are to be completed in advance of class.  All others are suggested)

* Lopez, M. (2019). Segregated by Design [Video]. https://www.segregatedbydesign.com/

*NPR. (2017). A ‘Forgotten’ History’ of How The U.S. Government Segregated America. Fresh Air. https://www.npr.org/2017/05/03/526655831/a-forgotten-history-of-how-the-u-s-government-segregated-america  

*Cestero, R. and Goodrich, K. (March 2024). The Housing Problem: A Living History of New York Housing [Audio Podcast]. Spotify. https://open.spotify.com/episode/0x2eel0p8eySynb2mqpIcS

*Ferre-Sadurni, L. (2018). The Rise and Fall of New York Public Housing: An Oral History. The New York Times. ttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/06/25/nyregion/new-york-city-public-housing-history.html

* Desmond, M. (2015) Forced Out. The New Yorker. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/02/08/forced-out

Additional Resources:

Alliance for Citizen Engagement. The History of Housing Policy in the United States. https://ace-usa.org/blog/research/research-housing-policy/the-history-of-housing-policy-in-the-united-states/

Designing the WE. Undesign the Redline. http://www.designingthewe.com/undesign-the-redline

Nelson, R. Mapping Inequality- Redlining in New Deal America. University of Richmond Digital Scholarship Lab. https://dsl.richmond.edu/panorama/redlining/#loc=9/40.482/-74.281&city=brooklyn-ny&area=C3&text=about

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. HUD Interactive Timeline. https://www.huduser.gov/hud_timeline/

Von Hoffman, Alexander. (2012). History Lessons for Today’s Housing Policy: the Political Processes of Making Low-Income Housing Policy. https://www.jchs.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/w12-5_von_hoffman.pdf  

Desmond, M. (2015). Evicted. Penguin Random House. (Also available as an e-book through Clio)

Desmond, M. (2023). Poverty, By America. Penguin Random House.

 

Freidrichs, C. and Freidrichs, J. (2011). The Pruitt/Igoe Myth. [Video]. (available to stream on Fandor).

Rothstein, R. (2017). The Color of Law. Liveright Publishing Corporation.

 

NYU Furman Center. (2022). New York City’s Low-Density Neighborhoods. State of the City 2022. https://furmancenter.org/stateofthecity/view/new-york-citys-low-density-neighborhoods

 

Gorlin, A., FAIA, and Newhouse, V. (2021). Affordable Housing in New York: A Primer. AIA New York. https://www.aiany.org/membership/oculus-magazine/article/fall-2021/affordable-housing-in-new-york-a-primer/

 

Regional Plan Association. (May 2022). New York Metro Area Issues Survey III. https://rpa.org/work/reports/metro-area-issues-survey-3

3. September 20th: Housing Finance 101 / Introduction to Trade-Off Debates and RFP Group Project

Guest Speaker: Kirk Goodrich, Partner, Monadnock Development. With over 30 years as a housing developer, Kirk will talk about the main issues facing affordable housing developers and operators in NYC and suggest solutions to make affordable housing development more economical, faster and impactful.

Assign Trade-Off Debates partners and topics.

Assign Groups for RFP Assignment.

 

READINGS: (Readings marked with a * are to be completed in advance of class.  All others are suggested)

*Bloomberg. (2023). What It Really Takes to Convert an Office Building Into Apartments [Audio podcast]. Odd Lots. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-it-really-takes-to-convert-an-office-building/id1056200096?i=1000619506506

*New York State Governor’s Office. (2023). The New York Housing Compact. https://www.governor.ny.gov/programs/new-york-housing-compact#:~:text=The%20New%20York%20Housing%20Compact%2C%20part%20of%20Governor%20Hochul's%20FY,homes%20over%20the%20next%20decade

Corporation for Supportive Housing. New Era of Supportive Housing in New York: A Resource Guide for Nonprofit Housing Sponsors. https://www.csh.org/resources/new-era-of-supportive-housing-in-new-york-a-resource-guide-for-nonprofit-housing-sponsors/

Kimura, D. (2022). Courts Issue Decisions on Right of First Refusal Cases. Affordable Housing Finance. https://www.housingfinance.com/news/courts-issue-decisions-on-right-of-first-refusal-cases_o

4. September 27th: Housing Finance 201

Guest Speaker: Amy Boyle. This class will focus on the “financing stack” that typically goes into an affordable housing development in NYC. This includes the acquisition, capital, operating and, in some cases, services funds.

 

READINGS: (Readings marked with a * are to be completed in advance of class.  All others are suggested)

*Brenzel, K. (2023). Plan B for 421a. The Real Deal. https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2023/01/09/plan-b-for-421a/

*Scally, C., Gold, A. and DeBois, N. (2018). The Low Income Housing Tax Credit: How it Works and Who It Serves. Urban Institute. https://www.urban.org/research/publication/low-income-housing-tax-credit-how-it-works-and-who-it-serves

Chen, X. (2016). Public and Private Approaches to Financing Affordable Housing in Why Affordable Housing Developers Should Go Public: REITs as an Alternative Source of Capital for Housing Development. (pages 25-34). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/107862

Okaford, K. (2022). Community Ownership in New York City: The Housing Development Fund Corporation. New York University School of Law. https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/nyuev30&div=19&id=&page=

5. 5. October 4th: Affordable Housing Development: Pre-Development Activities Part I 

Guest Speaker: Architect, Akiko Kyei-Aboagye, AIA, LEED AP.  Akiko  will speak to the importance of design as part of the development process. Multiple funders impose design rules and requirements which must be matched with the tenant needs, local environment and available financing.  

READINGS: (Readings marked with a * are to be completed in advance of class.  All others are suggested)

*NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development. (2021). Setting a High Bar for Affordable Housing Design. Medium. https://nychousing.medium.com/setting-a-high-bar-for-affordable-housing-design-82188ecd05d1

*Budds, D. (2018). Can Good Design Help NYC’s Affordable Housing Crisis? Curbed New York. https://ny.curbed.com/2018/5/9/17304088/nyc-affordable-housing-architecture-public-design-commission

NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development. (2021). HPD Design Guidelines for New Construction. https://www.nyc.gov/site/hpd/services-and-information/new-construction-design.page

6. October 11th: Affordable Housing Development: Pre-Development Activities Part II and Zoning

Guest Speaker: Katie Brennan, President & Executive Director, NYS Office of Resilient Homes and Communities (RHC). Katie will address such questions as: How do siting and zoning impact affordable housing?  How is the affordable housing industry and government funders responding to climate change?  How can government work with anchor institutions to promote affordable housing development?

 

READINGS: (Readings marked with a * are to be completed in advance of class.  All others are suggested)

* Gauthier, T. & Financial Security Program (2021). The Devastating Effects of Climate Change on US Housing Security. Aspen Institute.  https://www.aspeninstitute.org/blog-posts/the-devastating-effects-of-climate-change-on-us-housing-security/ 

* Ortiz, L. (2021). Paying Hospitals to Build Housing - New Jersey Program Expands. Shelter Force.  https://shelterforce.org/2021/04/13/paying-hospitals-to-build-housing-nj-program-expands/

*Regional Plan Association. State Zoning Reforms are Key to Housing Opportunity

https://rpa.org/latest/lab/ny-zoning-reforms-housing-opportunity 

*Kazis, N. (2022). New York’s Ideas for Zoning Reform Offer Many Paths to Tackling the Housing Crisis. Brookings. https://www.brookings.edu/articles/new-yorks-ideas-for-zoning-reform-offer-many-paths-to-tackling-the-housing-crisis/

*NYC Department of Planning. Zoning for Quality and Affordability. https://www.nyc.gov/site/planning/plans/zqa/zoning-for-quality-and-affordability.page

*Urban Green Council. Local Law 97. https://www.urbangreencouncil.org/what-we-do/driving-innovative-policy/ll97/

NYC Department of Planning. ZOLA: NYC’s Zoning and Land Use Map. https://zola.planning.nyc.gov/about#9.72/40.7125/-73.9022

Fontan, J. (2023). Inclusionary Housing Program in NYC. Fontan Architecture. https://fontanarchitecture.com/nyc-inclusionary-housing-program/

Affordable Housing in New Jersey: The Mount Laurel Doctrine (2022). Fair Share Housing Center. https://www.fairsharehousing.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Mount-Laurel-Factsheet.pdf

7. October 18th: Housing the Unhoused

Guest Speaker: Kim Hopper, public health researcher and writer on homelessness and mental health.  Hopper was part of the small group of individuals who founded the NYC Coalition for the Homeless and was behind the Callahan v. Carey (1979) Right to Shelter lawsuit.  Dr. Hopper will revisit what was happening in the late 1970’s and 1980’s in NYC and the thinking behind this seminal lawsuit that forever changed homelessness policy in New York.  

 

READINGS: (Readings marked with a * are to be completed in advance of class.  All others are suggested)

*Coalition for the Homeless. The Callahan Legacy: Callahan v. Carey and the Legal Right to Shelter. https://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/our-programs/advocacy/legal-victories/the-callahan-legacy-callahan-v-carey-and-the-legal-right-to-shelter/

*Chan, W. (2023). Will America’s First ‘Right to Sleep Outside’ Actually Help Unhoused People? The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/25/homelessness-new-york-bill-of-rights

*Lehrer, B. (2016). A History of NYC Homelessness and Mayoral Policy. [Audio].  The Brian Lehrer Show. WNYC. https://www.wnyc.org/story/nycs-mayors-vs-homelessness/

*Pfeiffer, S. (2023). 'Rough Sleepers': How one person can make a difference caring for the unhoused. [Audio]. Morning Edition. NPR. https://www.npr.org/2023/03/15/1163617477/rough-sleepers-how-one-person-can-make-a-difference-caring-for-the-unhoused 

NYC Housing Preservation & Development. (2022). Housing Our Neighbors: A Blueprint for Housing and Homelessness. https://www.nyc.gov/site/hpd/about/housing-blueprint.page

NYC Housing Preservation & Development. (2022). Dynamic Mayor’s Management Report (DMMR).https://dmmr.nyc.gov/city-services/promoting-viable-communities-and-neighborhoods/housing-preservation-and-development

 

8. October 25th:  The process of Finding Housing 

Guest Speaker: Kadisha Davis, Fellow at the NY Family Homelessness Coalition. Students will hear what it is like to try to find an affordable apartment in NYC from someone who has experienced the process first-hand. Hearing policy in action, students will gain an understanding of the complexities of our current homelessness and housing policies.  

 

Midterm: first draft of RFP group project is due.  Students will present their work to date for feedback from their peers and professors.

 

READINGS: (Readings marked with a * are to be completed in advance of class.  All others are suggested)

 *Chadha, J. (2022). New York Tried to Make Apartments Affordable. The Opposite Happened. Politico. https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/16/new-york-housing-crunch-00045575

 *Kaysen, R. (2022). Looking for Affordable Housing in New York? Here’s Where to Find It. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/06/24/realestate/nyc-housing-affordable-find.html

 *University Neighborhood Housing Program. (2023). Housing Disconnect: Bronx Residents Want Affordable Housing Opportunities Right Away- Ahora! https://unhp.org/blog/housing-disconnect-bronx-residents-fight-against-dwindling-rental-housing

*Boschma, J. and Rigdon, R. (2023). Buying a House is the Hardest It’s Been in Nearly 30 Years. CNN. https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/06/homes/housing-market-prices-affordability-dg/

Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. (2023). Housing An Aging Society Program. https://www.jchs.harvard.edu/research-areas/aging

 

9. November 1st: Affordable Housing Development - Marketing, Lease-up and Ops

Guest Speaker: John Banks. Mr. Banks has 40 years working in and out of government including City Council Finance Department, Con Ed and REBNY, giving him a comprehensive view of affordable housing in New York City. As the former president of the largest and most powerful trade association in New York, students will hear how he balanced supporting REBNY’s affordable housing members amongst the many other pressing issues demanded by his full membership and the multiple market demands on NYC.

 

READINGS: (Readings marked with a * are to be completed in advance of class.  All others are suggested)

*Khurshid, S. (2023). Housing Development in New York City Slows to a Crawl as Officials Debate Tax Incentives. Gotham Gazette. https://www.gothamgazette.com/state/12024-no-housing-development-new-york-city-state-421a-tax

*REBNY. (2023). New Multi-Family Development Continues to Evaporate as State Legislative Sessions Nears Conclusion. https://www.rebny.com/press-release/new-multi-family-development-continues-to-evaporate-as-state-legislative/

*Citizens Housing and Planning Council (2019). Community Preference Policy in New York.

https://chpcny.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CHPC-Community-Preference-Policy-in-NYC-1.pdf

*Zaveri, M. (2023) Do New York’s Affordable Housing Lotteries Fuel Segregation? The New York Times.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/23/nyregion/nyc-affordable-housing-lotteries-segregation.html 

*Sundaram, A. (2023) NYC residents get a leg up in housing lotteries in their own neighborhoods. Does that perpetuate segregation? Gothamist.

https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-residents-get-a-leg-up-in-housing-lotteries-in-their-own-neighborhoods-does-that-perpetuate-segregation

REBNY. Advocacy. https://www.rebny.com/advocacy/

10. November 8th: Student Choice

 

READINGS: (Readings marked with a * are to be completed in advance of class.  All others are suggested)

 

TBD

11. November 15th:  The role of elected govt in housing policy

Guest Speaker: Barika Williams,  Executive Director, Association for Neighborhood & Housing Development (ANHD). https://anhd.org/ .  Ms. Williams has built her extensive career working both inside and outside government.  Hear how she has used elected officials to promote the housing agenda of ANHD and other housing advocacy organizations in New York.

 

READINGS: (Readings marked with a * are to be completed in advance of class.  All others are suggested)

*Benedictis-Kessner; Jones, D. and Warshaw, C. (2023). How Partisanship in Cities influences Housing Policy. American Journal of Political Science. https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/jdbk/files/housing_partisanship.pdf

*Louis, E. (2023). New York Has a Housing Crisis. So Why Won’t Albany Act? New York Magazine. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/06/new-york-has-a-housing-crisis-so-why-wont-albany-act.html

 

November 22nd:  Thanksgiving Break - NO CLASS 

12. November 29th: Student Choice

 

READINGS: (Readings marked with a * are to be completed in advance of class.  All others are suggested)

 

TBD

13. December 13th: RFP Group Project Presentations
    

 

Class	Date	Topic	Required Readings	Presenter	Tradeoff Debate
1	9/6	Class intro and History of US Housing Policy		Emily and Kristin	N/A
2	9/13	History of US and NYC Housing Policy	* Lopez, M. (2019). Segregated by Design [Video]. https://www.segregatedbydesign.com/ *NPR. (2017). A ‘Forgotten’ History’ of How The U.S. Government Segregated America. Fresh Air. https://www.npr.org/2017/05/03/526655831/a-forgotten-history-of-how-the-u-s-government-segregated-america   *Cestero, R. and Goodrich, K. (March 2024). The Housing Problem: A Living History of New York Housing [Audio Podcast]. Spotify. https://open.spotify.com/episode/0x2eel0p8eySynb2mqpIcS *Ferre-Sadurni, L. (2018). The Rise and Fall of New York Public Housing: An Oral History. The New York Times. ttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/06/25/nyregion/new-york-city-public-housing-history.html * Desmond, M. (2015) Forced Out. The New Yorker. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/02/08/forced-out	Emily and Kristin	N/A
3	9/20	Housing Finance 101 / Introduction to Trade-Off Debates and RFP Group Project	*Bloomberg. (2023). What It Really Takes to Convert an Office Building Into Apartments [Audio podcast]. Odd Lots. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-it-really-takes-to-convert-an-office-building/id1056200096?i=1000619506506 *New York State Governor’s Office. (2023). The New York Housing Compact. https://www.governor.ny.gov/programs/new-york-housing-compact#:~:text=The%20New%20York%20Housing%20Compact%2C%20part%20of%20Governor%20Hochul's%20FY,homes%20over%20the%20next%20decade	Kirk Goodrich, Partner, Monadnock Development	N/A
4	9/27	Housing Finance 201	*Brenzel, K. (2023). Plan B for 421a. The Real Deal. https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2023/01/09/plan-b-for-421a/ *Scally, C., Gold, A. and DeBois, N. (2018). The Low Income Housing Tax Credit: How it Works and Who It Serves. Urban Institute. https://www.urban.org/research/publication/low-income-housing-tax-credit-how-it-works-and-who-it-serves	Amy Boyle (via Zoom)	Affordability vs. # of units
5	10/04	Affordable Housing Development: Pre-Development Activities Part II	*NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development. (2021). Setting a High Bar for Affordable Housing Design. Medium. https://nychousing.medium.com/setting-a-high-bar-for-affordable-housing-design-82188ecd05d1 *Budds, D. (2018). Can Good Design Help NYC’s Affordable Housing Crisis? Curbed New York. https://ny.curbed.com/2018/5/9/17304088/nyc-affordable-housing-architecture-public-design-commission	Akiko Kyei-Aboagye, AIA, LEED AP : physical design, built design	Design vs. Cost
6	10/11	Affordable Housing Development: Pre-Development Activities Part I and Zoning	*Regional Plan Association. State Zoning Reforms are Key to Housing Opportunity https://rpa.org/latest/lab/ny-zoning-reforms-housing-opportunity  *Kazis, N. (2022). New York’s Ideas for Zoning Reform Offer Many Paths to Tackling the Housing Crisis. Brookings. https://www.brookings.edu/articles/new-yorks-ideas-for-zoning-reform-offer-many-paths-to-tackling-the-housing-crisis/ *NYC Department of Planning. Zoning for Quality and Affordability. https://www.nyc.gov/site/planning/plans/zqa/zoning-for-quality-and-affordability.page *Urban Green Council. Local Law 97. https://www.urbangreencouncil.org/what-we-do/driving-innovative-policy/ll97/	Katie Brennan, Executive Director, NYS Governor’s Office of Storm of Storm Recovery: NJ HMFA; Climate money and specs; What to look for in an RFP	Publicly owned sites: 100% for public use vs. highest bidder
7	10/18	Housing the unhoused	*Coalition for the Homeless. The Callahan Legacy: Callahan v. Carey and the Legal Right to Shelter. https://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/our-programs/advocacy/legal-victories/the-callahan-legacy-callahan-v-carey-and-the-legal-right-to-shelter/ *Chan, W. (2023). Will America’s First ‘Right to Sleep Outside’ Actually Help Unhoused People? The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/25/homelessness-new-york-bill-of-rights *Lehrer, B. (2016). A History of NYC Homelessness and Mayoral Policy. [Audio].  The Brian Lehrer Show. WNYC. https://www.wnyc.org/story/nycs-mayors-vs-homelessness/ *Pfeiffer, S. (2023). 'Rough Sleepers': How one person can make a difference caring for the unhoused. [Audio]. Morning Edition. NPR. https://www.npr.org/2023/03/15/1163617477/rough-sleepers-how-one-person-can-make-a-difference-caring-for-the-unhoused	Dr. Kim Hopper and Kristin Miller	Where to build? Cheaper and further or expensive in prime neighborhoods?
8	10/25	The process of Finding Housing	*Chadha, J. (2022). New York Tried to Make Apartments Affordable. The Opposite Happened. Politico. https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/16/new-york-housing-crunch-00045575  *Kaysen, R. (2022). Looking for Affordable Housing in New York? Here’s Where to Find It. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/06/24/realestate/nyc-housing-affordable-find.html  *University Neighborhood Housing Program. (2023). Housing Disconnect: Bronx Residents Want Affordable Housing Opportunities Right Away- Ahora! https://unhp.org/blog/housing-disconnect-bronx-residents-fight-against-dwindling-rental-housing *Boschma, J. and Rigdon, R. (2023). Buying a House is the Hardest It’s Been in Nearly 30 Years. CNN. https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/06/homes/housing-market-prices-affordability-dg/	Kadisha Davis, Fellow at the NY Family Homelessness Coalition (via ZOOM)	Vouchers vs. Cash
9	11/1	Affordable Housing Development - Marketing, Lease-up and Ops	*Khurshid, S. (2023). Housing Development in New York City Slows to a Crawl as Officials Debate Tax Incentives. Gotham Gazette. https://www.gothamgazette.com/state/12024-no-housing-development-new-york-city-state-421a-tax *REBNY. (2023). New Multi-Family Development Continues to Evaporate as State Legislative Sessions Nears Conclusion. https://www.rebny.com/press-release/new-multi-family-development-continues-to-evaporate-as-state-legislative/ *Citizens Housing and Planning Council (2019). Community Preference Policy in New York. https://chpcny.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CHPC-Community-Preference-Policy-in-NYC-1.pdf *Zaveri, M. (2023) Do New York’s Affordable Housing Lotteries Fuel Segregation? The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/23/nyregion/nyc-affordable-housing-lotteries-segregation.html  *Sundaram, A. (2023) NYC residents get a leg up in housing lotteries in their own neighborhoods. Does that perpetuate segregation? Gothamist. https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-residents-get-a-leg-up-in-housing-lotteries-in-their-own-neighborhoods-does-that-perpetuate-segregation	John Banks, former President of REBNY.	Eviction: necessary evil vs. it should be illegal
10	11/8	Student Choice		TBD	Government is responsible to pay for affordable housing vs. the Free Market should pay.
11	11/15	The role of elected govt in housing policy	*Benedictis-Kessner; Jones, D. and Warshaw, C. (2023). How Partisanship in Cities influences Housing Policy. American Journal of Political Science. https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/jdbk/files/housing_partisanship.pdf *Louis, E. (2023). New York Has a Housing Crisis. So Why Won’t Albany Act? New York Magazine. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/06/new-york-has-a-housing-crisis-so-why-wont-albany-act.html	Barika Williams,  Executive Director, Association for Neighborhood & Housing Development (ANHD).	Affordable Housing Lottery: community  preference, highest need, or true lottery?
12	11/29	Student Choice		TBD
13	12/6	RFP Group Project Presentations