Housing policy

Course: Housing Policy
Course Number: 84
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Credits: 6
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COURSE OUTLINE 84

  1. GENERAL
SCHOOL SOCIAL POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT SOCIAL POLICY
LEVEL OF STUDIES LEVEL 6
COURSE CODE 84 SEMESTER 6th & 8th
COURSE TITLE Housing Policy
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
If the ECTS Credits are distributed in distinct parts of the course e.g. lectures, labs etc. If the ECTS Credits are awarded to the whole course, then please indicate the teaching hours per week and the corresponding ECTS Credits.		 TEACHINGHOURSPERWEEK ECTSCREDITS
  3 6
     
     
Please, add lines if necessary. Teaching methods and organization of the course are described in section 4.    
COURSE TYPE

Background, General Knowledge, Scientific Area, Skill Development

 Scientific Area
PREREQUISITES:

 

 No
TEACHING & EXAMINATION LANGUAGE: Greek
COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS: Yes
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  1. LEARNING OUTCOMES
Learning Outcomes
Please describe the learning outcomes of the course: Knowledge, skills and abilities acquired after the successful completion of the course.
The aim of this course is the study of housing problems and interventions in the framework of housing policy. The course focuses on housing inequalities and housing exclusion of vulnerable social groups (homeless, refugees, migrants). Upon the successful completion of the course, students will be in the position to:

Understand and perceive in a systematic manner the significance of housing for the security and welfare of citizens.

Realize the wide spectrum of housing exclusion in current societies.

Learn the historical evolution of housing policy in Europe and Greece.

Familiarize with diverse actor in the framework of housing markets and housing policies (national governments, local authorities, cooperatives, foundations, social rental agencies and social equity organizations).

Familiarize with alternative approaches in housing policy (expanded, focused, housing-first).

 
  General Skills
Name the desirable general skills upon successful completion of the module
Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information,

ICT Use

Adaptation to new situations

Decision making

Autonomous work

Teamwork

Working in an international environment

Working in an interdisciplinary environment

Production of new research ideas

 Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information,

ICT Use

Adaptation to new situations

Decision making

Autonomous work

Teamwork

Working in an international environment

Working in an interdisciplinary environment

Production of new research ideas
Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, ICT Use, Autonomous work, Working in an interdisciplinary environment, Promoting free, creative and inductive reasoning, Critical thinking, Decision making
  1. Course Content
The course material is divided into 13 weeks, the content of which is as follows:

  1. INTRODUCTION
  2. THEORETICAL RELATIONSHIP OF HOUSING AND SOCIAL POLICY
  3. HOUSING POLICIES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE MEMBER STATES
  4. THE GREEK WELFARE STATE AND SOCIAL HOUSING POLICIES
  5. HOUSING POLICIES IN GREECE (1990-2009)
  6. FINANCIAL CRISIS (2010-2017) AND HOMELESSNESS
  7. HOUSING POLICIES DURING THE FINANCIAL CRISIS 2010-2017
  8. SOCIAL POLICIES FOR THE HOMELESS
  9. ACCOMMODATION POLICIES IN INITIAL RECEPTION AND IDENTIFICATION CENTERS AND OPEN HOSPITALITY CENTERS
  10. HOUSING POLICIES FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS IN COMMUNITY APARTMENTS
  11. PRESENTATION OF WORK
  12. PRESENTATION OF WORK
  13. PRESENTATION OF WORK

 
  1. LEARNING & TEACHING METHODS – EVALUATION
TEACHING METHOD
Face to face, Distance learning, etc.		 Face to face
USE OF INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT)
Use of ICT in Teaching, in Laboratory Education, in Communication with students		 Use of databases, eclass for communication and information sharing and powerpoint presentation in lectures and for students presentations
TEACHING ORGANIZATION

The ways and methods of teaching are described in detail.

Lectures, Seminars, Laboratory Exercise, Field Exercise, Bibliographic research & analysis, Tutoring, Internship (Placement), Clinical Exercise, Art Workshop, Interactive learning, Study visits, Study / creation, project, creation, project. Etc.

 

The supervised and unsupervised workload per activity is indicated here, so that total workload per semester complies to ECTS standards.

  

 

Activity Workload/semester
Lectures 30
Interactive teaching 30
Study and bibliography analysis at home 45
Project 45
Course total 150
STUDENT EVALUATION

Description of the evaluation process

 

Assessment Language, Assessment Methods, Formative or Concluding, Multiple Choice Test, Short Answer Questions, Problem Solving, Written Assignment, Essay / Report, Oral Exam, Presentation in audience, Other/Others

 

Please indicate all relevant information about the course assessment and how students are informed 

 

Either individual work (30%) + Final exam (written or oral during the June exam) (70%)

 

Or final exam (written or oral during the June exam) (100%)
  1. SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Κουραχάνης, Ν. (Επιμ.) (2019). Κατοικία και Κοινωνία. Προβλήματα, Πολιτικές και Κινήματα. Αθήνα: Διόνικος.

 

Κουραχάνης, Ν. (2019). Πολιτικές στέγασης προσφύγων. Προς την κοινωνική ενσωμάτωση ή την προνοιακή εξάρτηση;, Αθήνα: Τόπος (Μοτίβο).

 

Κουραχάνης, Ν. (2017). Κοινωνικές πολιτικές στέγασης. Η ελληνική υπολειμματική προσέγγιση. Αθήνα: Παπαζήσης.

 

Παπαδοπούλου, Β. Δ., Κουραχάνης, Ν. (2017). Άστεγοι και Κοινωνικός Αποκλεισμός στην Ελλάδα της κρίσης, Αθήνα: Τόπος (Μοτίβο).