GPD 422 - Housing America’s Families

• Analyze how housing values, needs, and lifestyle influence housing choices for different socioeconomic groups across the lifespan.
• Critique the role housing plays in the quality of life.
• Interpret the social, economic, environmental, technological, and government influences on housing.
• Examine housing from a historical perspective.
• Compare the advantages and disadvantages of living in many types of housing structures including the site built, single family home, manufactured housing, condominiums, modular housing, and apartments.
• Examine environmental issues, “green building,” and LEED certification.
• Determine decision-making strategies for evaluating, financing, and purchasing a home.
• Review the home-buying process and the options available for financing.
• Explore universal design in housing and how it can benefit at-risk populations such as persons with a disability and the elderly.
• Explore and understand housing options for those living in poverty.