Introduction to Housing, Community and Economic Development

Calendar

LEC #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
Part I: Setting the Framework
1	Introduction and Course Overview: The Diversity of Urban Neighborhoods
2	A Framework for Analyzing Urban Neighborhoods
3	Neighborhoods and Community I
4	Neighborhoods and Community II
5	Neighborhood Diversity and the Metropolitan Community
6	Community Development I: Origins and Transformations
7	Community Development II: The Current Scene
8	Community Organizing in the Neighborhood I
9	Community Organizing in the Neighborhood II: The Ricanne Hadrian Initiative in Community Organizing Guest Speaker: David Greenberg, PhD Candidate DUSP
Part II: Housing and Community Development
10	Historic Perspective I	First memo due
11	Historic Perspective II
12	Public Housing and Community Development
13	Case Study: HOPE 6 in Boston Guest Speaker: Deborah Goddard, Director of Development, Urban Edge and former Director of Development, Boston Housing Authority
14	Affordable Rental Housing: Preserving the Stock
15	Managing the Housing Stock Case Study: Managing Subsidized Housing Guest Speaker: Judy Weber, Private Consultant, Former Director of Management The Community Builders
Part III: Economic Development, Work and Jobs
16	Community Economic Development: The Issues, the Record and the Debates - Part I
17	Community Economic Development - Part II	Second memo due
18	Sources of Capital
19	Small Business Development Guest Speaker: Joe Kresberg, President, Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corporations
20	Main Streets Guest Speaker: Karl Seidman
21	Welfare, Work and Job Training I
22	Welfare, Work and Job Training II Guest Speaker: Sarah Griffin, Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation and Independent Consultant
Part IV: Beyond Housing and Economic Development
23	Crime Security and Community Development
24	Education and Community Development	Third memo due
25	Faith-based Organizations and Community Development
26	Summing Up, Course Reflections etc.