3 ECTS credits
90 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 4021570ENR for all students in the 1st semester at a (E) Master - advanced level.
Course unit 'housing' aims to make students acquainted with the relevant spatial dimensions of housing such as:
- the functioning of housing markets (public housing systems, regional housing market, macro-economic dimensions of housing and fiscal aspects)
- residential real estate development
- housing policy
- history, theory and current problems of public and social housing
- land policy
- housing quality
- new housing initiatives, housing activism, inclusive dwelling environments, housing commons
The course consists of a series of lectures, guest lectures, readings and fieldwork.
The following learning outcomes are expected:
- Knowing and understanding
1) basic concepts of residential and real estate production;
2) the main historical and contemporary housing policy measures in Belgium, and
3) new innovative spatial typologies and tenure systems;
- Historically and theoretically situating the state and market-driven housing tendencies in Belgium (Brussels-Capital Region, Flanders) and framing this in a wider western perspective;
- Critically analyzing and presenting relevant practices and views in housing.
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Other Exam determines 100% of the final mark.
Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Evaluation based on paper and active participation in class.
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Urban Studies: Standard track
Master of Urban Design and Spatial Planning: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)