Affordable Housing Advanced Certificate

The Graduate Affordable Housing Advanced Certificate is designed for individuals with an earned bachelor’s degree and interested in gaining further knowledge about issues facing affordable housing in the United States. In the U. S., the pervasiveness of affordability problems among lower-income renters is primarily due to the shortage of appropriately priced housing and the low and decreasing incomes of renters.

Foundations Course (3 credits)

Select 1 from:

RSD 520SEM - Affordable Housing in Practice Credits: 3
URP 520SEM - Affordable Housing in Policy Practice Credits: 3

Issues Impacting Affordable Housing (3 credits)

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RSD 606SEM - Housing & Community Developmnt Credits: 3
URP 606SEM - Housing and Community Development Credits: 3

Elective Courses (3 credits)

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ARC 548SEM - Building Project Credits: 3
ARC 582LEC - Professional Practice Credits: 3
ARC 584SEM - Professional Practice 2: From Starting a Firm to Alternative Practice Credits: 3
RSD 503LEC - Strategies Property Management Credits: 3
URP 503LEC - Strategies of Property Management Credits: 3
RSD 520SEM - Affordable Housing in Practice Credits: 3
URP 520SEM - Affordable Housing in Policy Practice Credits: 3
RSD 522SEM - Economic Development Planning Credits: 3
URP 522SEM - Economic Development Planning Credits: 3
RSD 525SEM - Financing Development Prjcts 1 Credits: 3
URP 525SEM - Financing Development Projects 1 Credits: 3
URP 525LAB - Financing Development Projects 1 Lab Credits: 1
RSD 525LAB - Finance Devlpmnt Prjcts 1 Lab Credits: 1
RSD 546SEM - Land Use, Envirnmnt, & Dvlpmnt Credits: 3
RSD 558SEM - Design Inclusive Environm Credits: 3
URP 558SEM - Design for Inclusive Environments Credits: 3
RSD 567LEC - Planning & Development Law Credits: 3
URP 567LEC - Planning and Development Law Credits: 3
URP 605SEM - Built Environment and Health Credits: 3
RSD 606SEM - Housing & Community Developmnt Credits: 3
URP 606SEM - Housing and Community Development Credits: 3

Practicum Or Applied Research (6-7 credits)

RSD 581LAB - Planning Practicum Credits: 6
RSD 593LAB - Capstone Practicum Real Estate Credits: 7
RSD 599TUT - Environ Design Indepndnt Study Credits: 1-4 (for 3 credits + complete a 2nd elective in a topic not previously taken)
URP 581LAB - Sustainable Communities Studio Credits: 6

Total Credit Hours: 15

3.0 GPA required

Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)

1) Students will be able to display knowledge of policies to address affordable housing in the U.S.

2) Students will be able to identify how affordable housing is conceived as a good and a service, how various stakeholder groups are affected by housing policies, and how affordable housing can be viewed as a means toward social justice and increased equality

3) Students will be able to articulate how adequate, affordable housing is fundamental to thriving urban areas, with far-reaching consequences for people s health, quality of life, and access to opportunities

4) Students will be able to display knowledge of affordable housing in practice

Assessment Method: Assessed in all students in Final project grade in END 520/URP 520

5) Students will be able to display knowledge of how to structure a low-income housing tax credit deal

6) Students will be able to display knowledge of affordable housing development process, including institutional players, site selection, pre-development management, regulatory guidelines, underwriting and financing.

7) Students will be able to show the ability to participate on an interdisciplinary team in designing an Affordable Housing Project.

SED Statement

This program is officially registered with the New York State Education Department (SED).