Housing studies

spatial development

obligatory courses

Bachelor's level knowledge in spatial planning and social sciences.

Knowledge of the English language.

Classroom

Introduction to housing studies and housing policy.

Introduction to housing studies and housing policy. Lecture presents various approaches and research perspectives in housing studies. Anthropological approach is discussed with the changing idea of "home", housing cultures and social practices of dwelling. There's a number of sociological studies considered in relation for instance to poverty and "housing classes". Spatial approach is illustrated with examples of residential segregation, suburbanization and gentryfication. Housing policy issues are presented by housing standard indicators, welfare regimes and tenure regimes. Each of the tenure's type (home-ownership, social housing, private rented market) is outlined with examples of legislation and local examples from USA and EU. Polish examples are put in the context of the socialist era as well as the last decades of transformation. Public interventions and local strategies as well as their theoretical basis are illustrated by homelessness and desegregation policies.

1. Anderson, E., Streetwise. Race, Class, and Change in an Urban Community. The University of Chicago Press Chicago and London 1990.

2. Basista, A., Betonowe dziedzictwo. Architektura w Polsce czasów komunizmu, Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN Warszawa 2001.

3. Benjaminsen, L. & Dyb E., The Effectiveness
of Homeless Policies – Variations among the Scandinavian Countries European Journal of Homelessness, Volume 2, December 2008.

4. Bieda mieszkaniowa i wykluczenie, redakcja: Hanka Zaniewska, Warszawa 2007.

5. Brodziński, M. & Jankowski, J., Mieszkalnictwo w gospodarce rynkowej (ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem spółdzielczości), Krajowa Rada Spółdzielcza Warszawa 2004.

6. Bryx, M., Finansowanie rozwoju budownictwa mieszkaniowego w miastach, Szkoła Główna Handlowa Warszawa 1999.

7. Chmielewski, J.M. & Mirecka, M., Modernizacja osiedli mieszkaniowych, Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Warszawskiej Warszawa 2001.

8. Clapham, D., The Meaning of Housing. A pathways approach, Policy Press, Bristol 2005.

9. Co znaczy mieszkać? Szkice antropologiczne. Grażyna Woroniecka (red.) Trio Warszawa 2007.

10. Edgar, Bill, and Meert, Henk. 2004. Fourth Review of Statistics on Homelessness in Europe. The ETHOS Definition on Homelessness, Brussels: FEANTSA European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless.

11. Goetz, E.G., Desegregation in 3D: Displacement, Dispersal and Development
in American Public Housing, Housing Studies,
Vol. 25, No. 2, 137–158.

12. Gullestad, M., Kitchen Table Society, Universitetsforlaget, Oslo 1984.

13. Hannerz, U., Odkrywanie miasta. Antropologia obszarów miejskich, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego Kraków, 2006.

14. Informacje o mieszkalnictwie. Wyniki monitoringu za rok 2010. Instytut Rozwoju Miast, Kraków 2011.

15. Jałowiecki, B., Globalny świat metropolii, Wydawnictwo Naukowe Scholar Warszawa 2007.

16. Jarosz, D., Mieszkanie się należy. Studium z peerelowskich praktyk społecznych, Oficyna Wydawnicza Aspra 2010.

17. Jewdokimow, M., Zmiany społecznych praktyk zamieszkiwania. UKSW Warszawa 2011.

18. Kemeny, J., Housing and Social Theory, Routledge, London, 1992.

19. Korniłowicz, J. & Żelawski, T., Mieszkalnictwo w Polsce w latach 1991-2005, Instytut Rozwoju Miast Kraków 2007.

20. Large Housing Estates in Warsaw, Poland. Opinions of Residents on Recent Developments, RESTATE 2005.

21. Mieszkanie. Analiza socjologiczna, E. Kaltenberg-Kwiatkowska (red.), PWE, Warszawa 1982.

22. Mumford, E., The CIAM Discourse on Urbanism, 1928-1960, The MIT Press Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England 2000.

23. Polko, A., Miejski rynek mieszkaniowy i efekty sąsiedztwa, Katowice 2005.

24. Olech, P., Mieszkalnictwo i bezdomność. Raport w zakresie wpływu sytuacji mieszkaniowej w Polsce na zjawisko bezdomności i wykluczenia mieszkaniowego, Forum o Bezdomności bez Lęku, 2008, ss. 251-288.

25. Ostendorf, W., Musterd, S., De Vos, S. (2001) Social Mix and the Neighbourhood Effect. Policy Ambitions and Empirical Evidence. Housing Studies, Vol. 16, No. 3, 371–380.

26. Rybczyński, W., Dom: Krótka historia idei, Marabut Warszawa 1996

27. Smith, N. The New Urban Frontier. Gentrification and the Revanchist City. Routledge: New York and London, 1996.

28. Saunders, P., 'Beyond housing classes: the sociological significance of private property rights in means of consumption' International journal of urban and regional research vol.9, 1984.

29. Snow, D. and Anderson, L., Down on their luck. A study of homeless street people. University of California Press 1993.

30. Social Housing in Europe, Christine Whitehead and Kathleen Scanlon (eds.),
London School of Economics and Political Science, July 2007.

31. Trautsolt-Kleyff, K., Mieszkanie. Zróżnicowanie potrzeb na przykładzie rodzin robotniczych i inteligenckich, Instytut Wzornictwa Przemysłowego, Warszawa 1985.

32. Venkatesh, S., The American Project. The Rise and Fall of the Modern Ghetto, Harvard University Press 2000.

33. Węcławowicz, G., Geografia społeczna miast. Zróżnicowanie społeczno-przestrzenne, Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN Warszawa 2003.

34. Wieloletni program gospodarowania mieszkaniowym zasobem miasta st. Warszawy na lata 2008-2012.

Effects: K_W02, K_W03, K_W04, K_W05, / K_U01, K_U05, K_U07, K_U11, K_U12 / K_K01, K_K05 / S2_W02, S2_W03, S2_W04, S2_W05, S2_W11 / S2_U01, S2_U05, S2_U07, / S2_K01, S2_K06, S2_K07

Students have the knowledge and understanding of different theoretical perspectives in housing studies and the impact of political context on housing policies (S2_W02, S2_W03, S2_W04, S2_W07, S2_W11).

Students are able to critically assess research and evaluation reports concerning housing policies, search for housing related indices, compare and interpret them; name the advantages and disadvantages of various solutions withing housing policies (S2_U01, S2_U05, S2_U07).

Students are ready to interpret the assumptions of various housing policies and programmes, assess social and spacial impact of housing policies (S2_K01, S2_K06, S2_K07).

Knowledge. Student names various theoretical and empirical perspectives in housing studies. Finds, interprets and compares basic indicators of housing situation. Understands the relationship between welfare state model and housing policy; dynamics of socio-economic changes of the post-war welfare states as well as their recent transformations and their influence on the housing situation. Differentiates between housing subsidizing models with their advantages and disfunctions. Student recognizes principal causes and effects of housing problems: shortage of housing, poverty areas, homelessness, deteriorating neighborhoods, gated communities suburbanization and gentryfication. Describes role of various institutions in housing policy and their relations with the planning system. Interprets assumptions behind various housing policies, knows how to search for evaluation studies and assess consequences and effectiveness of such policies. (K_W02, K_W03, K_W04, K_W05)

Skills. Student improves research texts reading skills, analysis of arguments in English-language texts. Critically examines reports, evaluations studies and statistical data on housing. Independently assesses social and spatial outcomes of various housing policy proposals. (K_U01, K_U05, K_U07, K_U11, K_U12)

Social competences. With regards to dynamically changing housing policies student understands the need for further studies, keeping up with the current changes and improving own skills. Recognizes the interdisciplinary character of housing studies and the need to cooperate with representatives of other fields, professionals, public institutions and non-governmental organizations. (K_K01, K_K05)

An exercise to be completed during the semester - description of a family housing pathway.

Written exam.

None.