SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
PAI 786
Urban Policy
Spring 2016
Professor Yinger
451 Eggers Hall
Phone: 315-443-9062
Email: joyinger@syr.edu
https://joyinger.expressions.syr.edu/
Class Location: 111 Maxwell
Class Time: MW 12:45-2:05
Office Hours: 11:00-12:00 Monday and Wednesday or by appointment
Syllabus
Cases
Case Assignments
Sign Up Sheet for Case Discussions
Policy Memos
JY’s Tips for Professional Writing
For examples of professional writing, see the professor’s op-ed pieces on this website.
Urban Policy Summit
Summit Topic Assignments
Urban Policy Summit Schedule
HUD website
PAI786 will be using the following pages on the HUD (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development) website.
Cityscape – The goal of Cityscape is to bring high-quality original research on housing and community development issues to scholars, government officials, and practitioners. Cityscape is open to all relevant disciplines, including architecture, consumer research, demography, economics, engineering, ethnography, finance, geography, law, planning, political science, public policy, regional science, sociology, statistics, and urban studies. Cityscape is published three times a year by the Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Evidence Matters – HUD articles on Housing and Urban development
Lectures
Lecture 1: Introduction
Lecture 2: Evaluating Social Programs
Lecture 3: Housing Concepts, Household Bids
Lecture 4: Household Sorting and Neighborhood Amenities
Lecture 5: Neighborhood Change
Lecture 6: Overview of Housing Markets
Lecture 7: Housing Problems and Federal Housing Programs
Lecture 8: Homelessness
Lecture 9: Race and Ethnicity, Prejudice and Discrimination
Lecture 10: Housing Discrimination and Its Causes
Lecture 11: Residential Segregation: Measurement, Causes, Consequences
Lecture 12: Mortgage Markets and Predatory Lending
Lecture 13: Discrimination in Mortgage Lending
Lecture 14: Poverty: Concepts and Evidence
Lecture 15: Concentrated Poverty
Lecture 16: Welfare Programs and Principles of Welfare Policy
Lecture 17: The New World of Welfare Policy
Lecture 18: Urban Labor Markets
Lecture 19: Human Capital Programs to Promote Community Development
Lecture 20: Financial Capital Programs to Promote Community Development
Lecture 21: Key Issues in Studying Urban Crime