Housing and Homelessness

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Housing is more that bricks and mortar. The places we live provide us - to a greater or lesser extent - personal security and comfort, a social environment, and the basis for strong feelings of identity and belonging. This course will examine the material, social and cultural aspects of place, shelter, and home in American society. A focus on the homeless will help brong to the foreground important and often taken-for-granted aspects of place, shelter, and home that are true across the socioeconomic spectrum.