| Module Title |
Housing Policy |
| Module Code |
POL1072 (ITS: LG5069) |
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Faculty |
Law & Government |
School |
Humanities & Social Sciences |
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NFQ level |
9 |
Credit Rating |
10 |
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Description
This course provides an introduction to topics in Housing Policy in Ireland and internationally. While focused on Irish housing policy and its evolution and developments, this module also focuses substantive knowledge, theory and policy trends on housing issues worldwide, such as housing crisis, financialisation, affordability, housing rights and policy strategies at the local, national and international level. In this way,
drawing from a diversity of policy examples, this module critically explores how housing production has changed overtime to reflect contemporary urban challenges, debates, dilemmas and conflicts in housing systems and policy processes. More importantly, it is expected that students in this course will at the end acquire skills and capabilities to identify key housing developments, develop critical policy skills and learn to assess potential policy solutions to housing problems.
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Learning Outcomes
1. Identify and apply knowledge the key elements of housing policy development
2. Analyze the factors that shape the current state of housing policy and housing provision environment
3. Assess, anticipate and identify, the possible positive and negative implications of housing approaches
4. Explore the role of different actors (e.g. politicians, national and international organisations, civil society, social movements) in the housing policy process
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| Workload | Full time hours per semester | | Type | Hours | Description |
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| Lecture | 12 | Weekly classes over 12 weeks. | | Seminars | 12 | Weekly discussion seminars, over 11 weeks, led by lecturer. Largely facilitated group - discussion and analysis. | | Assignment Completion | 22 | Independent reading and completion of weekly assignment. | | Assignment Completion | 24 | Undertaken on an individual basis, requiring independent reading, and completion of written work. | | Directed learning | 180 | Preparatory reading |
| Total Workload: 250 |
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| Section Breakdown | | CRN | 11423 | Part of Term | Semester 1 | | Coursework | 0% | Examination Weight | 0% | | Grade Scale | 40PASS | Pass Both Elements | Y | | Resit Category | RC1 | Best Mark | N | | Module Co-ordinator | Valesca Lima | Module Teacher | |
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| Assessment Breakdown |
| Type | Description | % of total | Assessment Date |
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| Assignment | E-Portfolio, Book review | 90% | n/a | | Participation | n/a | 10% | n/a |
| Reassessment Requirement Type |
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories;
RC1: A resit is available for both* components of the module.
RC2: No resit is available for a 100% coursework module.
RC3: No resit is available for the coursework component where there is a coursework and summative examination element.
* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a coursework/summative examination split; where the module is 100% coursework, there will also be a resit of the assessment
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Pre-requisite |
None
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Co-requisite |
None |
| Compatibles |
None |
| Incompatibles |
None |
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All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml
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Indicative Content and Learning Activities
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Indicative Reading List
Books:
- David Clapham: 2018, Remaking Housing Policy, Routledge, NY, 9781138193956
- Brian Lund: 2017, Understanding Housing Policy, 1st, Policy Press, London, 978144733044
Articles:
- Michelle Norris: 2016, ) Varieties of Home Ownership: Ireland’s Transition from a Socialised to a Marketised Policy Regime, Housing Studies, 31, 10.1080/02673037.2015.1061107, 47995
- 2018: Procyclical Social Housing and the Crisis of Irish Housing Policy: Marketization, Social Housing, and the Property Boom and Bust, Housing Policy Debate, 28, 10.1080/10511482.2016.1257999,
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Other Resources
- Report: Irish Human Rights and Equality Comission, 2021, Monitoring Adequate Housing in Ireland, Dublin, https://www.ihrec.ie/documents/monitoring-adequate-housing-in-ireland/
- Report: Housing Europe, 2021, The state of Housing in Europe in 2021 - Next Generation neighborhoods must factor in climate without pricing out people, Brussels, https://www.housingeurope.eu/resource-1540/the-state-of-housing-in-europe-in-2021
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