Sustainable Development Goal: 1 No Poverty

Affordable Housing Study

Affordable housing options are growing sparse in the U.S., with the issue even more prevalent throughout the state of Arizona. According to the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC), only 25 affordable rental properties exist for every 100 extreme low-income rental households across the U.S. (2019). This ever-present issue has spurred many cities and towns […]

Attainable Housing Evaluation

Through the housing market’s many turbulent decades as well as the significant effects the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the greater economy, many small, historical towns are struggling to maintain an affordable housing market for their residents. Due to these unforeseen circumstances, residents of these towns are often faced with many challenges regarding the local […]

Affordable Housing Study: Needs Assessment (2/2)

The need for affordable housing solutions affects cities around the country. Still, in particular, the City of Peoria is experiencing exponential population and economic growth, posing a challenge to keep up with housing availability needs. To capture the current state of affordable housing, the City of Peoria partnered with two classes in the ASU School […]

Affordable Housing Study: ADU Strategies (1/2)

Public Green Space GIS in Hat Yai Municipality

Hat Yai Municipality plans to transform itself into a “Green City” while developing protocols to deal with its vulnerabilities. Even before COVID-19 impacted the municipality, it was already facing extensive challenges due to climate change and its location and elevation. The municipality plans to embrace flexibility in future urban design, taking potential disruptions into account. […]

Facilitators’ guide to developing a personal budget

The class created a standard budget sheet to be used in accumulation with educators so that community members can create effective monthly budget plans. This helps understand expenses on the household level and shows the county where they can make improvements to policies to better suit the needs of community members. UniverCity Year Contact Info […]

Cooperatives in Adams County: Case studies and analysis ofchildcare, housing, and food systems cooperatives

In 1980 the world population was at 4.5 billion people and by 1990, that number had increased to 5.3 billion. By the year 2000 that number had surpassed 6 billion and today that number is approaching 8 billion (World Meters). With a population that is growing exponentially comes an increase in the need for basic […]

Hollins Market Plaza

The Hollins Market neighborhood was originally known as the Hollins Park Community. Today, the neighborhood is known as Hollins Roundhouse. Hollins Market (a public market) is a contributing historic property within the Hollins Market Historic District. The public market was founded in 1836 by Joseph Newman, a piano manufacturer, and his brother Elias Newman. The […]

Homelessness in Howard County

The ten undergraduate students in this government and policy class were asked to examine homelessness in Howard County as part of the PALS program. Each of them researched the extent of the problem, the services in place to address it, how homelessness is addressed in comparable U.S. counties, and proposals that Howard County could adapt. […]

Policy Interventions to Address Poverty in Howard County, Maryland

This report comprises excerpts from the best ten reports submitted by students in the Public Finance and Public Policy class of the fall semester at the University of Maryland, College Park. In introducing these papers, I want to draw attention to what I consider to be the best program ideas to come out of the […]

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