Housing Planning

Year
1

Academic year
2018-2019

Code
03010674

Subject Area
City Planning

Language of Instruction
Portuguese

Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face

Duration
SEMESTRIAL

ECTS Credits
6.0

Type
Elective

Level
3rd Cycle Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

Lectures and case studies.

Learning Outcomes

Provide students with a deep knowledge of the housing system and housing policies, both in Portuguese and in the European context. To develop capacities of critical reflection on the theoretical and methodological challenges of housing studies.

Work Placement(s)

Syllabus

1. Understanding housing systems. Housing in Portugal and in the European Union. The relevance of housing and its specificity as a product. Housing and social welfare, in a context of social, cultural and demographic change. Housing, the labour market, incomes and savings. Housing and investment. Housing, land and urban development and differentiation.

2. Understanding housing policies. Housing policies in the context of public policies. The European context: the diversity of housing systems and policies. Housing policies' instruments. The regulation of tenure: homeownership and renting. Housing finance and housing allowances. Social housing. Housing renewal. The organization of housing policies and the relevance of local housing strategies.

3. Theoretical and methodological challenges for housing studies.

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Written final exam and home assignment: 100.0%

Bibliography

Conceição, Paulo (2004). Modelos de Produção e Gestão de Habitação Social: estratégias locais de habitação e sistemas de bem-estar social num contexto de mudança. Tese de Doutoramento. Porto: FEUP.

Freitas, Maria João (2001). Habitação e Cidadania. No trilho da complexidade de processos relacionais generativos. Tese de Doutoramento. ISCTE: Lisboa.

Kemeny, Jim, and Lowe, Stuart (1998). Schools of Comparative Housing Research. From Convergence to Divergence, Housing Studies, 13 (2), 161-176.

Maclennan, Duncan (2008). Trunks, Tails, and Elephants: Modernising Housing Policies, European Journal of Housing Policy, 8(4): 423- 440.

Malpass, Peter (2008). Housing and the New Welfare State: Wobbly Pillar or Cornerstone?, Housing Studies, 23 (1): 1-19.

Toussaint, Janneke and Elsinga, Marja (2009). Exploring 'Housing Asset-based Welfare'. Can the UK be Held Up as an Example for Europe?, Housing Studies, 24 (5), 669- 692.