ARCH 559 - Social Issues in Housing

Institution:

New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Description:

Lecture/seminar explores the historical, economic, social, technological, and political basis for current American housing policy and practice. Examines government, community-based and private sector attempts, both failed and successful, at providing decent, affordable, and well-designed housing for broad segments of society. Student teams analyze and discuss, in a series of classroom debates, the housing and planning implications of controversial social problems from homelessness and racial segregation to caring for the elderly and people with HIV/AIDS with an emphasis on the role of the architect.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.njit.edu/

Phone Number:

(973) 596-3000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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