Fair and Affordable Housing Seminar Credits: 1-3

Catalog description

Analyze fair and affordable housing problems through an advanced property lens, identifying issues in statutes, regulations, and common law affecting residential and commercial owners, developers, homeowner associations, landlords, tenants, and government regulators; Interpret and apply statutory and regulatory provisions governing fair housing and affordable housing to concrete scenarios involving zoning, subdivisions, homeowner associations, suburban development, and urban redevelopment; Evaluate how land-use decisions and patterns of residential, commercial, and industrial development reflect and shape broader social, economic, and constitutional concerns, including equality and segregation; Research, select, and refine a fair or affordable housing topic suitable for scholarly treatment, and develop an annotated outline that organizes relevant authorities and arguments; Draft a substantial research paper on fair or affordable housing law that demonstrates professional-level analysis, organization, citation, and written communication.