Housing Planning
1
2019-2020
03010674
City Planning
Portuguese
Face-to-face
SEMESTRIAL
6.0
Elective
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)
NoSyllabus
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.