Políticas de Habitação (not translated)

Objectives

a)To understand the content of the Right to Housing and the implications of its adoption as a fundamental right.
b)To justify the importance of residential real estate for the national economies and its weight in the property of families and communities.
c)To justify the need for housing policy as a framework for action.
d)To understand housing policy in the context of public policies, developing a critical attitude.
e)To justify the need for public intervention in different market segments, identifying its basics and objectives.
f)To examine the problem of housing in local plans.
g)To evaluate the needs for housing.
h)To evaluate some programs and measures of housing policy, identifying their main achievements and failures.
i)To develop skills of synthesis and verbal communication.

General characterization

Code

02100413

Credits

10.0

Responsible teacher

Gonçalo Manuel Ferreira dos Santos Antunes

Hours

Weekly - 3

Total - 280

Teaching language

Portuguese

Prerequisites

None.

Bibliography

Allen, J., Barlow, J.; Leal, J. Maloutas, T. and Padovani, L., (2004). Housing and Welfare in Southern Europe. Oxford: Blackwell.
Antunes, G., (2018). Políticas de habitação 200 anos. Sintra: Editora Caleidoscópio.
Antunes, G., (2021). Direitos humanos e habitação: evolução do direito à habitação em Portugal. Lisboa: Editora Caleidoscópio.
McCrone, G., Stephens, M., (2017). Housing Policy in Britain and Europe. London: Routledge.
Serra, N., (2002). Estado, Território e Estratégias de Habitação. Coimbra: Quarteto Editora.

Teaching method

Theoretical and practical classes.
Sessions of debate about housing policies and the housing market

Evaluation method

Evaluation Methodologies - Three individual essays during the semester (15% each, max. 5 pages each)(45%), group research project with an oral presentation(55%)

Subject matter

I. Theories and Housing Policies
II. Housing market and land market
III. The Housing Policy
IV. The Portuguese Housing Policy by segments