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HFH
revised:
12/05/2007 |
Gary
Klass
Department of Politics and Government
Illinois State University
Syllabus
Fall, 2007
The course is
designed to engage its students in a meaningful set of community service
activities that closely parallel many of the main tasks and functions of a
community service organization: planning, community education, budgeting,
volunteer recruitment and management, public relations and
fundraising. Working in conjunction with a local community service agency,
teams of students will design and implement a coordinated series of projects
related to the agency's primary service mission.
The course will serve
a two-fold purpose of a) addressing community-based issues and needs and b)
developing leadership, problem-solving and practical skills related to
managing community service projects. To the extent that this course
succeeds, it will demonstrate how effective organizational practices can
make a substantive contribution to addressing human needs in our community.
The experience and skills gained in this course will benefit students who
will pursue careers in the non-profit community service sector and to those
who will participate as citizens in service to their community working with
local community service agencies.
Course Objectives:
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To develop
an appreciation of social and civic responsibility.
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To develop
students' leadership skills.
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To learn
practical organizational skills associated with specific volunteer service
agency functions.
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To develop
and apply skills in advocacy and problem solving.
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To assess
and strengthen self-awareness and personal skills related to service and
leadership.
Book (to be purchased):
Richard K. Green and Stephen Malpezzi, A Primer
on U.S. Housing Markets and Housing Policy (Urban Institute, 2007)
Course
Organization.
The course engages
students in a semester long community service project(s) with a local
non-profit agency or organization. For the Fall 2007 semester, the
class will work with the ISU and IWU and McLean County chapters of Habitat
for Humanity on projects related to the annual ISU\IWU Collegiate Home.
Grades and Assignments: are based on the
following:
- (25%)
Late-term examination (end of November)
- (20%)
Short Term Paper: (On a paper topics listed below, approximately
7 pages)
- (5%)
Oral presentation (or debate on the policy paper topic)
- (25%)
Community Service Hours (completing 40 hours)
- (25%)
Quality of Service Leadership Activities
Attendance:
Students are expected to
show up for each class. To make up for an absence, no matter what
the excuse, you must a) make up the work for the class missed, b)
contact other members of whatever group you may be working on a project
with, and c) complete an additional 4 hours of community service.
Community Service Hours:
Active participation in one or more of the following:
- A course project, involving
community relations and education, public relations, fund raising, or
otherwise contributing to the ISU\IWU Collegiate Home project.
- Contributions to activities
organized by the ISU Habitat for Humanity Chapter (e.g., the annual
Trick-or-Treat for Change) or McLean County Habitat for Humanity.
- Home Construction -- each student
should try to schedule at least one Saturday morning working on the
house. (or related equivalent work with the Habitat office) .
Sign up here.
- Other
Complete the
community service activity sheet
every three weeks;
submit it to the
course shared-point
site.
Paper Topics
The Subprime Mortgage Crisis
Not in My Backyard in Bloomington Normal
Conservative and Liberal Homeless Strategies
Building Codes and Affordability
Requiring Sprinkler Systems
Rent Control
Moving to Opportunity experiment
HOPE VI
Chicago Public Housing, history
Housing Vouchers
Portland, Oregon Urban Growth Boundary - pro
\ or con
French public housing and urban riots
Kelo v.
City of New London and
eminent domain
Bush administration housing policies
Anti-snob zoning laws (Ma. and NJ)
Student housing in Normal, Illinois
Powerpoint:
Introduction: video
(enter logon and password)
(it's a big file: right click and save --it takes 2 minutes)
ISU\IWU Collegiate Home
(Carter applicaiton)
Week 2: The Subprime Loan disaster
(Background: read "Housing Finance" in Green and
Malpezzi, p. 115ff)
Students will do independent research on these topics:
- predatory lending practices
- predatory lending practices in Illinois HB 4050
- the history of subprime loans (Lexis\Nexis)
- The effects on the stock market and economy
- subprime loans and the Federal Reserve response
- role of Moodys and Standard and Poors
Week 3:
Governmental housing policy (ppt)
Housing and Urban Development,
Not in My Backyard, Removing Barriers to Affordable Housing (1991)
(Heritage Foundation review of this study)
Housing and Urban Development,
Not in My
Backyard, Removing Barriers to Affordable Housing (2005)(Note:
files are in .pdf format.
Acrobat
Reader required.)
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This is the Updated 2005 version of the 1991 HUD report.
-- Week 4
Repeat:
Governmental housing policy (ppt)
Housing and Urban Development,
Not in My Backyard, Removing Barriers to Affordable Housing (1991)
(Heritage Foundation review of this study)
Housing and Urban Development,
Not in My
Backyard, Removing Barriers to Affordable Housing (2005)(Note:
files are in .pdf format.
Acrobat
Reader required.)
--
This is the Updated 2005 version of the 1991 HUD report.
Oak
Brook, Illinois Zoning Ordinance
Zoning map
Normal,
Illinois zoning
zoning map
Week 5
GAUTREAUX
William Simpson,
A blueprint for
`black flight'?
Week 6
A Right to Housing?
Federal Housing policy
Public Housing
SmartGrowth and the New Urbanism Movement
Housing Affordability
Affordability in Chicago
Free Market Analysis of Housing Affordability:
Housing in McLean County
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