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

Spring 2016 Class Syllabus

Cases

Case Assignments

Case Instructions

Promoting Integration Case

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 Preference Form

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