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11.40 Intro. to Housing & Community Development

Department of Urban Studies and Planning

11.40 Introduction to Housing, Community and Economic Development

Reading List: Fall l999

Part I: Setting the Framework

SEPTEMBER

WEEK I

Thursday 9 Introduction and Course Overview

o no readings

WEEK II

Tuesday 14 Housing, Community, Economic Development and the City: Where Do We Stand?

o "The State of the Cities: 1998," Department of Housing and Urban Development,1998, pp.1-22.

o --"Now Is The Time: Places Left Behind in the New Economy", HUD, l999, pp. 1-32

o Nathan Glazer, The Hard Questions: Life in the City," The New Republic, August 19th/26th, 1996, pg. 37

o Keyes, Langley, "The Debates: Where Do You Stand?" 1992, pgs. 1-8.

Thursday 16 Neighborhoods and Community: I

o Hallman, H. "The Neighborhood as an Organizational Unit: A Historical Perspective," Neighborhood Control in the l970's,1973, pgs. 7-15.

o Downes, A., Chapters, 1,2,5,6, Neighborhoods and Urban Development, 1981, pgs. 1-24, 61-85

o Lawrence Mead, The New Politics of Poverty, Chapters I, 1992, pgs. 1-24.

WEEK III

Tuesday 21 Neighborhoods and Community II

o Sampson, Robert, "What Community Supplies," Urban Problems and Community Development, Ferguson and Dickens, eds., 1999, Chpt. 6, pgs. 241-279.

o Dionne, E.J. "The Quest for Community (Again)," The American Prospect, #10, Summer 1992, pgs. 49-54.

o McKnight, John, "Regenerating Community," Social Policy, Winter, l987, pgs. 54-58.

Thursday 23 The Metropolitan Link

o Downes, Anthony, "The Challenge of Our Declining Big Cities," Housing Policy Debate, Vol.8, No. 2, Fannie Mae Foundation, 1997, pgs. 359-408.

o Nowak, Jeremy, "Neighborhood Initiative and the Regional Economy, Economic Development Quarterly, February 1997, vol. 11, No. 1, Sage Publication, pgs.. 3-9.

o Axel-Lute,Miriam, "A Meeting of Movements," Shelterforce, January/February 1999, pgs. 10-14.

WEEK IV

Tuesday 28 Community Development I: Origins and Transformations

o Yin and Yates, "Economic Development," Street Level Governments, 1975, pgs. 141-155.

o Frieden and Kaplan, "Defining the Urban Problem," The Politics of Neglect,1975, Chpt. 2, pgs. 14-34.

o Christenson and Robinson, "In Search Of Community Development", in Community Development In America, Iowa St. University Press, 1980, pgs. 3-17

o O'Connor, Alice, "Evaluating Comprehensive Community Initiatives: A View from History," New Approaches to Evaluating Community Initiatives", 1995, pgs. 23-63.

Thursday 30 Community Development II: The Current Scene

o Svirdoff, Mitchell, "The Seeds of Urban Revival," The Public Interest, Winter l994, pgs. 82-103.

o Walker And Weinheimer, "Community Development In The l990s," Executive Summary, Chapters One and Five, Urban Institute, 1998, pgs. 1-13, 40-53, 73-87.

o Stoecker, Randy, "The CDC Model of Urban Redevelopment: A Critique and Alternative", (also replies by Bratt and Keating and Stoecker), Journal of Urban Affairs, Vol. 19, No. 1, 1997, pgs. 1-43

Part II: Housing and Community Development

OCTOBER

WEEK V

Tuesday 5 Historic Perspective I

[FIRST MERMO DUE}

o Marcuse, P., "Housing in Early City Planning," Journal of Urban History, Feb.1980, pgs. 153-170.

o Friedman, L. " Prologue, Chapter I, V and Epilogue," Government and Slum Housing,1968, pgs. 1-24, 173-199.

o Sternlieb and Listokin, "A Review of National Housing Policy," Housing America's Poor, Salins (ed) l987, Chpt. 2, pgs. 14-43.

Thursday 7 Historic Perspective II

o Marcuse, P., "Housing Policy and the Myth of the Benevolent State," Critical Perspectives on Housing, Bratt et. al. (ed), 1986, Chpt. 14, pgs. 248-263.

o Hays, R. Chapter II, "The Ideological Context of Housing Policy," The Federal Government and Urban Housing, 1985, chpt. 2, pgs. 17-49.

o ---"To House a Nation: An Overview," The Report of the President's Commission on Housing, Washington, 1981, xvii-xxxv.

o Keyes and DiPasquale, "Housing Policy for the l990's" in Building Foundations, DiPasquale and Keyes (eds), 1990, chpt. 1, pgs. 1-23.

o Hartman and Stone, "A Socialist Housing Alternative for the United States," in Critical Perspectives on Housing, chpt. 29, pgs. 484-513.

WEEK VI

Tuesday 12 NO CLASS [Monday's classes instead]

Thursday 14 Housing Finance and the Neighborhood

"Housing Finance and Neighborhood Development" Case # 1"Learning the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit(A+B); Case #2 Affordable Homeownership in New York City: Nehemiah Plan Homes at the New York Housing Partnership, Harvard, 1994.

WEEK VII

Tuesday 19 HUD Rental Housing and the Neighborhood

o Bratt, Rachel, "From BURP to BHP to Demo Dispo: Lessons from Affordable Multifamily Rehabilitation Initiatives in Boston," Urban Affairs Annual Review, 1996, chpt. 2, pgs. 27-51.

o --"Federally Assisted Multifamily Housing," National Low Income Housing Briefing Book," June 1996, chpt. 3-1 / 3-9.

o ---"Multifamily Housing: Effects of HUDs Portfolio Reengineering Proposal," GAO, 1996, Nov. 1st, 1996, pgs. 1-21.

Thursday 21 Managing the Housing Stock

o Stockard, J. H. "A Guide to Comprehensive Property Management," pp.I-VI,1-61.

o Bratt et. al., "Confronting the Management Challenge," Community Development Research Center, pp. 69-142.

WEEK VIII

Tuesday 26 Case Study: Managing Subsidized Housing:

Guest Speaker: Judy Weber Vice-President, Management, The Community Builders

o The Community Builders: Organizational Background

o Keyes, L. "Organizational Issues" in Strategies and Saints, Chpt. 8, pgs. 195-216.

o Briggs And Mueller, From Neighborhood to Community, pp.103-144.

Thursday 28 Public Housing and Community Development

o Bratt, R., "Public Housing: The Controversy and Contribution," Critical Perspectives on Housing." chpt. 20, pgs. 335-361.

o Keyes, L., ,"Anti-Crime and Management Research and Demonstration: Two Decades of Theory and Practice," Strategies and Saints, Chpt. 2, pgs. 17-52.

o Vale, L., "Beyond the Problem Projects Paradigm: Defining and Revitalizing Severely Distressed' Public Housing," Housing Policy Debate, Vol. 4 Issue 2, pgs. 147-174.

NOVEMBER

WEEK IX

Tuesday 2 Case Study: HUD's Urban Revitalization Demonstration in Boston Guest Speaker: Deborah Goddard, Director of Planning and HOPE 6, Boston Housing Authority

o ---"Implementation Grant Application: Mission Main Housing Development, "Boston Housing Authority, May 26, l993, (selections from proposal)

o Keyes, Langley Hope 6 in Orchard Park and Mission Main (Xeroxed Report to HUD) pgs. 1-34.

o Jacobson, Louis, "High Hopes," Government Executive, July l999, pgs. 56-62.

Part III: Economic Development, Work and Jobs

Thursday 4 Community Economic Development: the Issues, the Record and the Debates Part I

o Michel Teitz, "Neighborhood Economics: Local Communities and Regional Markets," Economic Development Quarterly, Sage Publication, vol. 3, No. 2, May l989, pgs. 11-122.

o Wim Wiewel et. al, "The Linkage Between Regional and Neighborhood Development," Economic Development Quarterly, Vol. 3. No. 2, May l989, pgs. 94-110

o Bendick and Egan, "Business Development in the Inner-City: Enterprise with Community Links," Community Development Research Center, New School, New York, February 1991, pgs. 1-30.

Tuesday 9 Community Economic Development Part II

o Lemann, Nicholas, "The Myth of Community Development," New York Times Magazine, January 9, 1994, pgs. 27-32, 54-60.

o Gore, Zdenek, Sleeper, "Responses to Lemann: Shelterforce", March/April, l994, pgs. 1-8, 21.

o Michael Porter, "The Competitive Advantage of the Inner City, Harvard Business School, May l994, pgs. 1-49.

o Porter and Habiby, "A Window on the New Economy," Inc., May l999, pgs. 49-50.

Thursday 11 Veterans Day: Holiday

WEEK XI

Tuesday 16 Sources of Capital

o Parzen and Kieschnick, Credit Where It's Due, Temple University Press, Chpts. 1, 2, & 3, pps. 1-66.

o ---"Community Development Finance Institutions and Economic Development HUD /Non-HUD," selections from Federal Policy In Transition, National Low Income Coalition, 1996, pgs. 8-1 - 8-9, 11-1 - 11-9, 12-1 - 12-8.

Thursday 18 Microenterprise: Incubators:

Guest Speaker: Sarah Griffin, Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation

o Candice Campbell, "Change Agents in the New Economy: Business Incubators and Economic Development," (executive summary), 1987, pgs. 1-5.

o "Creating Jobs by Creating New Business: The Role of Small Business Incubators," National Council for Urban Economic Development, Nov. 1985, pgs. 1-5.

o Karl Seidman, "Small Business Incubators and Low Income Job Creation," pgs. 1-6.

o Mazarakis, Helen, "Community Based Economic Development: Are CDC's Up to the Challenge?," Shelterforce, January 1994, pgs. 4-6.

o --"Select Items," The Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation.

WEEK XII

Tuesday 23 Empowerment Zones: Guest Speaker Karl Seidman

o ---"The Pockets of Poverty: World Tour," The Economist, July 10, 1999, pgs. 23-24.

o "Building Communities Together: The President's Community Enterprize Board:" Application Guide, U.S Dept. of HUD.

o "Boston Works: Executive Summary, City of Boston Empowerment Zone Strategic Plan," September 1994, pgs. 1-15.

o Mooney, Brian, "Empowerment Zone May Be Gaining Steam," Boston Globe, March 21, 1998, pg. 1.

Thursday 25 THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY

WEEK XIII

Tuesday 30 Welfare, Work and Job Training I

o Herr et. all, "Making the Shoe Fit," Project Match, December l996, pp.1-26.,55-58

o Dressner et. al, "Next Door: A Concept Paper for Place-Based Employment Initiatives, Corporation for Supportive Housing, September 1998, pgs. 1-51.

DECEMBER

Thursday 2 Welfare, Work and Job Training II:

Guest Speaker: Carl Koechlin, Executive Director, Fenway Community Development Corporation

o Nathan and Gais, "Implementing Welfare Reform, "Rockefeller Institute Bulletin, 1999, pgs. 5-22.

o --"Funding Proposal to the George H. and Jane A Mifflin Fund...," Fenway Community Development Corporation, June 24th, 1998, pgs. 1-13.

Week XIV

Tuesday 7 Reinventing HUD: I

Third Memo Due

o "The State of the Cities: 1998" Department of Housing and Urban Development, Part II pp. 23-42.

o Archer, Brach, Bratt, Downs And Herbert, "HUD: Who Needs It?," Shelterforce, May/June 1995, pgs. 6-12.

Thursday 9 Reinventing HUD: II Plus: Where Do We Go From Here? Summing Up? Course Reflections etc.

o Dreier and Atlas," U. S. Housing Policy at the Crossroads: A Progressive Agenda to Rebuild the Housing Constituency," International Public Affairs Center, 1996, pgs. 1-43.

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11.40 Intro. to Housing & Community Development
Department of Urban Studies and Planning 11.40 Introduction to Housing, Community and Economic Development Reading List: Fall l999 Part I: Setting the Framework SEPTEMBER WEEK I Thursday 9 Introduction and Course Overview o no readings WEEK II Tuesday 14 Housing, Community, Economic Development and the City: Where Do We Stand? o "The State of the Cities: 1998," Department of Housing and Urban Development,1998, pp.1-22. o --"Now Is The Time: Places Left Behind in the New Economy", HUD, l999, pp. 1-32 o Nathan Glazer, The Hard Questions: Life in the City," The New Republic, August 19th/26th, 1996, pg. 37 o Keyes, Langley, "The Debates: Where Do You Stand?" 1992, pgs. 1-8. Thursday 16 Neighborhoods and Community: I o Hallman, H. "The Neighborhood as an Organizational Unit: A Historical Perspective," Neighborhood Control in the l970's,1973, pgs. 7-15. o Downes, A., Chapters, 1,2,5,6, Neighborhoods and Urban Development, 1981, pgs. 1-24, 61-85 o Lawrence Mead, The New Politics of Poverty, Chapters I, 1992, pgs. 1-24. WEEK III Tuesday 21 Neighborhoods and Community II o Sampson, Robert, "What Community Supplies," Urban Problems and Community Development, Ferguson and Dickens, eds., 1999, Chpt. 6, pgs. 241-279. o Dionne, E.J. "The Quest for Community (Again)," The American Prospect, #10, Summer 1992, pgs. 49-54. o McKnight, John, "Regenerating Community," Social Policy, Winter, l987, pgs. 54-58. Thursday 23 The Metropolitan Link o Downes, Anthony, "The Challenge of Our Declining Big Cities," Housing Policy Debate, Vol.8, No. 2, Fannie Mae Foundation, 1997, pgs. 359-408. o Nowak, Jeremy, "Neighborhood Initiative and the Regional Economy, Economic Development Quarterly, February 1997, vol. 11, No. 1, Sage Publication, pgs.. 3-9. o Axel-Lute,Miriam, "A Meeting of Movements," Shelterforce, January/February 1999, pgs. 10-14. WEEK IV Tuesday 28 Community Development I: Origins and Transformations o Yin and Yates, "Economic Development," Street Level Governments, 1975, pgs. 141-155. o Frieden and Kaplan, "Defining the Urban Problem," The Politics of Neglect,1975, Chpt. 2, pgs. 14-34. o Christenson and Robinson, "In Search Of Community Development", in Community Development In America, Iowa St. University Press, 1980, pgs. 3-17 o O'Connor, Alice, "Evaluating Comprehensive Community Initiatives: A View from History," New Approaches to Evaluating Community Initiatives", 1995, pgs. 23-63. Thursday 30 Community Development II: The Current Scene o Svirdoff, Mitchell, "The Seeds of Urban Revival," The Public Interest, Winter l994, pgs. 82-103. o Walker And Weinheimer, "Community Development In The l990s," Executive Summary, Chapters One and Five, Urban Institute, 1998, pgs. 1-13, 40-53, 73-87. o Stoecker, Randy, "The CDC Model of Urban Redevelopment: A Critique and Alternative", (also replies by Bratt and Keating and Stoecker), Journal of Urban Affairs, Vol. 19, No. 1, 1997, pgs. 1-43 Part II: Housing and Community Development OCTOBER WEEK V Tuesday 5 Historic Perspective I [FIRST MERMO DUE} o Marcuse, P., "Housing in Early City Planning," Journal of Urban History, Feb.1980, pgs. 153-170. o Friedman, L. " Prologue, Chapter I, V and Epilogue," Government and Slum Housing,1968, pgs. 1-24, 173-199. o Sternlieb and Listokin, "A Review of National Housing Policy," Housing America's Poor, Salins (ed) l987, Chpt. 2, pgs. 14-43. Thursday 7 Historic Perspective II o Marcuse, P., "Housing Policy and the Myth of the Benevolent State," Critical Perspectives on Housing, Bratt et. al. (ed), 1986, Chpt. 14, pgs. 248-263. o Hays, R. Chapter II, "The Ideological Context of Housing Policy," The Federal Government and Urban Housing, 1985, chpt. 2, pgs. 17-49. o ---"To House a Nation: An Overview," The Report of the President's Commission on Housing, Washington, 1981, xvii-xxxv. o Keyes and DiPasquale, "Housing Policy for the l990's" in Building Foundations, DiPasquale and Keyes (eds), 1990, chpt. 1, pgs. 1-23. o Hartman and Stone, "A Socialist Housing Alternative for the United States," in Critical Perspectives on Housing, chpt. 29, pgs. 484-513. WEEK VI Tuesday 12 NO CLASS [Monday's classes instead] Thursday 14 Housing Finance and the Neighborhood "Housing Finance and Neighborhood Development" Case # 1"Learning the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit(A+B); Case #2 Affordable Homeownership in New York City: Nehemiah Plan Homes at the New York Housing Partnership, Harvard, 1994. WEEK VII Tuesday 19 HUD Rental Housing and the Neighborhood o Bratt, Rachel, "From BURP to BHP to Demo Dispo: Lessons from Affordable Multifamily Rehabilitation Initiatives in Boston," Urban Affairs Annual Review, 1996, chpt. 2, pgs. 27-51. o --"Federally Assisted Multifamily Housing," National Low Income Housing Briefing Book," June 1996, chpt. 3-1 / 3-9. o ---"Multifamily Housing: Effects of HUDs Portfolio Reengineering Proposal," GAO, 1996, Nov. 1st, 1996, pgs. 1-21. Thursday 21 Managing the Housing Stock o Stockard, J. H. "A Guide to Comprehensive Property Management," pp.I-VI,1-61. o Bratt et. al., "Confronting the Management Challenge," Community Development Research Center, pp. 69-142. WEEK VIII Tuesday 26 Case Study: Managing Subsidized Housing: Guest Speaker: Judy Weber Vice-President, Management, The Community Builders o The Community Builders: Organizational Background o Keyes, L. "Organizational Issues" in Strategies and Saints, Chpt. 8, pgs. 195-216. o Briggs And Mueller, From Neighborhood to Community, pp.103-144. Thursday 28 Public Housing and Community Development o Bratt, R., "Public Housing: The Controversy and Contribution," Critical Perspectives on Housing." chpt. 20, pgs. 335-361. o Keyes, L., ,"Anti-Crime and Management Research and Demonstration: Two Decades of Theory and Practice," Strategies and Saints, Chpt. 2, pgs. 17-52. o Vale, L., "Beyond the Problem Projects Paradigm: Defining and Revitalizing Severely Distressed' Public Housing," Housing Policy Debate, Vol. 4 Issue 2, pgs. 147-174. NOVEMBER WEEK IX Tuesday 2 Case Study: HUD's Urban Revitalization Demonstration in Boston Guest Speaker: Deborah Goddard, Director of Planning and HOPE 6, Boston Housing Authority o ---"Implementation Grant Application: Mission Main Housing Development, "Boston Housing Authority, May 26, l993, (selections from proposal) o Keyes, Langley Hope 6 in Orchard Park and Mission Main (Xeroxed Report to HUD) pgs. 1-34. o Jacobson, Louis, "High Hopes," Government Executive, July l999, pgs. 56-62. Part III: Economic Development, Work and Jobs Thursday 4 Community Economic Development: the Issues, the Record and the Debates Part I o Michel Teitz, "Neighborhood Economics: Local Communities and Regional Markets," Economic Development Quarterly, Sage Publication, vol. 3, No. 2, May l989, pgs. 11-122. o Wim Wiewel et. al, "The Linkage Between Regional and Neighborhood Development," Economic Development Quarterly, Vol. 3. No. 2, May l989, pgs. 94-110 o Bendick and Egan, "Business Development in the Inner-City: Enterprise with Community Links," Community Development Research Center, New School, New York, February 1991, pgs. 1-30. Tuesday 9 Community Economic Development Part II o Lemann, Nicholas, "The Myth of Community Development," New York Times Magazine, January 9, 1994, pgs. 27-32, 54-60. o Gore, Zdenek, Sleeper, "Responses to Lemann: Shelterforce", March/April, l994, pgs. 1-8, 21. o Michael Porter, "The Competitive Advantage of the Inner City, Harvard Business School, May l994, pgs. 1-49. o Porter and Habiby, "A Window on the New Economy," Inc., May l999, pgs. 49-50. Thursday 11 Veterans Day: Holiday WEEK XI Tuesday 16 Sources of Capital o Parzen and Kieschnick, Credit Where It's Due, Temple University Press, Chpts. 1, 2, & 3, pps. 1-66. o ---"Community Development Finance Institutions and Economic Development HUD /Non-HUD," selections from Federal Policy In Transition, National Low Income Coalition, 1996, pgs. 8-1 - 8-9, 11-1 - 11-9, 12-1 - 12-8. Thursday 18 Microenterprise: Incubators: Guest Speaker: Sarah Griffin, Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation o Candice Campbell, "Change Agents in the New Economy: Business Incubators and Economic Development," (executive summary), 1987, pgs. 1-5. o "Creating Jobs by Creating New Business: The Role of Small Business Incubators," National Council for Urban Economic Development, Nov. 1985, pgs. 1-5. o Karl Seidman, "Small Business Incubators and Low Income Job Creation," pgs. 1-6. o Mazarakis, Helen, "Community Based Economic Development: Are CDC's Up to the Challenge?," Shelterforce, January 1994, pgs. 4-6. o --"Select Items," The Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation. WEEK XII Tuesday 23 Empowerment Zones: Guest Speaker Karl Seidman o ---"The Pockets of Poverty: World Tour," The Economist, July 10, 1999, pgs. 23-24. o "Building Communities Together: The President's Community Enterprize Board:" Application Guide, U.S Dept. of HUD. o "Boston Works: Executive Summary, City of Boston Empowerment Zone Strategic Plan," September 1994, pgs. 1-15. o Mooney, Brian, "Empowerment Zone May Be Gaining Steam," Boston Globe, March 21, 1998, pg. 1. Thursday 25 THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY WEEK XIII Tuesday 30 Welfare, Work and Job Training I o Herr et. all, "Making the Shoe Fit," Project Match, December l996, pp.1-26.,55-58 o Dressner et. al, "Next Door: A Concept Paper for Place-Based Employment Initiatives, Corporation for Supportive Housing, September 1998, pgs. 1-51. DECEMBER Thursday 2 Welfare, Work and Job Training II: Guest Speaker: Carl Koechlin, Executive Director, Fenway Community Development Corporation o Nathan and Gais, "Implementing Welfare Reform, "Rockefeller Institute Bulletin, 1999, pgs. 5-22. o --"Funding Proposal to the George H. and Jane A Mifflin Fund...," Fenway Community Development Corporation, June 24th, 1998, pgs. 1-13. Week XIV Tuesday 7 Reinventing HUD: I Third Memo Due o "The State of the Cities: 1998" Department of Housing and Urban Development, Part II pp. 23-42. o Archer, Brach, Bratt, Downs And Herbert, "HUD: Who Needs It?," Shelterforce, May/June 1995, pgs. 6-12. Thursday 9 Reinventing HUD: II Plus: Where Do We Go From Here? Summing Up? Course Reflections etc. o Dreier and Atlas," U. S. Housing Policy at the Crossroads: A Progressive Agenda to Rebuild the Housing Constituency," International Public Affairs Center, 1996, pgs. 1-43.