SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
 The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs


 PPA 786 - Urban Policy
Spring 2012

 

Professor Yinger
 451 Eggers Hall 
 Phone: (315) 443-9062 
Email:  jyinger@maxwell.syr.edu
http://faculty.maxwell.syr.edu/jyinger

 

Class Location: 111 Eggers
Class Time:    8:00-9:20 Monday and Wednesday
Office Hours: 11:00 – 12:00 Monday and Wednesday or by  appointment 

 

Please contact Mrs. Santy to make an appointment with the professor. 

Mary Santy 
426 Eggers Hall  
Phone: (315) 443-3115
Email: mjsanty@maxwell.syr.edu

 

Course Overview and Requirements

 

Syllabus

 

Cases

Case Assignments

Sign Up Sheet for Case Discussions

Case Instructions

Promoting Integration Case

 

Policy Memos

JY's Tips for Professional Writing
 For examples of professional writing, see the professor's op-ed pieces on this web site. 

 

Urban Policy Summit

Topic Preference Form

Topic Assignments  

 

HUD webside

PPA 786 will be using the following pages on the HUD (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development) website.

Cityscape  - The goal of Cityscape is to bring high-quality original research on housing and community development issues to scholars, government officials, and practitioners. Cityscape is open to all relevant disciplines, including architecture, consumer research, demography, economics, engineering, ethnography, finance, geography, law, planning, political science, public policy, regional science, sociology, statistics, and urban studies. Cityscape is published three times a year by the Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) of the U.S. Department of Housing and  Urban Development.


 Evidence Matters - HUD articles on Housing and Urban development

 

Lecture Notes (To be posted before each class)

Lecture 1  -  Introduction

Lecture 2  -  Evaluating Social Programs

Lecture 3  -  Housing Concepts, Household Bids

Lecture 4  -  Household Sorting and Neighborhood Amenities

Lecture 5  -  Neighborhood Change

Lecture 6 -  Overview of Housing Markets

Lecture 7 -  Housing Problems and Federal Housing Programs

Lecture 8 -  Homelessness

Lecture 9  -  Race and Ethnicity, Prejudice and Discrimination

Lecture 10  - Housing Discrimination and Its Causes

Lecture 11  - Residential Segregation: Measurement, Causes, Consequences

Lecture 12  - Mortgage Markets and Predatory Lending

Lecture 13  - Discrimination in Mortgage Lending

Lecture 14 - Poverty: Concepts and Evidence  

Lecture 15  - Concentrated Poverty 

Lecture 16  - Welfare Programs and Principles of Welfare Policy

Lecture 17  - The New World of Welfare Policy

Lecture 18 - Urban Labor Markets

Lecture 19 - Human Capital Programs to Promote Community Development

Lecture 20 - Financial Capital Programs to Promote Community Development

Lecture 21 - Key Issues in Studying Urban Crime

 

Trustee Professor of Public Administration and Economics