Through courses offered at SF State, staff working at the Applied Housing Research Initiative play a vital role in educating SF State students in housing policy. The housing policy courses provide the learning backbone for students to understand the California housing crisis, develop critical thinking skills to propose changes to the housing system in the US, and gain knowledge that they can use in their current or prospective careers.
USP 475: Affordable Housing Development (Spring 2019 & 2020) (Prof. Ayse Pamuk and Kristy Wang, SPUR)
This was a new introductory course on affordable housing development. The main objective of the course was to provide students with an understanding of the nuts and bolts of affordable housing development in the United States with a focus on California and San Francisco. The course format was lecture and discussion (with an online hybrid component on iLearn). The innovative feature of the course was the intensive engagement of guest practitioners active in the housing field in the Bay Area as guest speakers in delivering the content. There were class activities and ample opportunities for discussion. There was one field trip to a local housing development project and final group presentations at SPUR.
USP 580: Housing Policy & Planning (Fall 2023), hybrid (Prof. Ayse Pamuk)
This is an introductory undergraduate-level course to housing policy and planning in the United States. The objectives of the course are to provide students with an understanding of how housing markets function, how government and community-based institutions affect housing outcomes, and explore designing housing policies that are consistent with community-based and sustainable community principles.
PA 783: Urban Housing Policy (Fall 2022), online (Prof. Ayse Pamuk)
This is an introductory graduate-level course on urban housing policy in the United States. The objectives of the course are to provide students with an understanding of how housing markets function, how government and community-based institutions affect housing outcomes, and to explore designing housing policies that are consistent with community-based and sustainable community principles.
