Social and Urban Policy

Through a host of topics related to social and urban policy, these teaching cases enable students to grapple with a range of complex challenges including, but not limited to, community empowerment, affordable housing, urban planning, gentrification, health and health care.

  • Teaching Case - Regional Housing in the Baltimore Metropolitan Area (B)

    Regional Housing in the Baltimore Metropolitan Area (B)

    $3.95

    Publication Date: January 01, 1981

    In 1976 HUD created the Areawide Housing Opportunity Plan, which provided financial incentives for local jurisdictions in developing regional plans for housing assistance. Aid thus went to a variety of housing alternatives throughout a...

  • Teaching Case - Regional Housing in the Baltimore Metropolitan Area (A)

    Regional Housing in the Baltimore Metropolitan Area (A)

    $3.95

    Publication Date: January 01, 1981

    In 1976 HUD created the Areawide Housing Opportunity Plan, which provided financial incentives for local jurisdictions in developing regional plans for housing assistance. Aid thus went to a variety of housing alternatives throughout a...

  • Teaching Case - Community Development in Gainesville (C)

    Community Development in Gainesville (C)

    $3.95

    Publication Date: January 01, 1981

    This case traces the experience of Gainesville, Georgia, with federal grants for community development. Part A describes the genesis and development of Gainesville's Model Cities program from 1967 until 1973. The city, generally conservative and...

  • Teaching Case - Community Development in Gainesville (A)

    Community Development in Gainesville (A)

    $3.95

    Publication Date: January 01, 1981

    This case traces the experience of Gainesville, Georgia, with federal grants for community development. Part A describes the genesis and development of Gainesville's Model Cities program from 1967 until 1973. The city, generally conservative and...

  • Classic Case - Hunger in America: 1965-1969 (Sequel)

    Hunger in America: 1965-1969 (Sequel)

    Free

    Publication Date: January 01, 1977

    In 1967 Senators Robert Kennedy and Joseph Clark focused national attention on hunger in America with their unscheduled and widely publicized tour of black homes in the Mississippi Delta. This case examines existing federal efforts -- as of...

  • Teaching Case - Knapp Commission and Patrick Murphy (B)

    Knapp Commission and Patrick Murphy (B)

    $3.95

    Publication Date: January 01, 1977

    This case considers the actions of two individuals committed to combatting corruption in the New York City Police Department. Mike Armstrong is chief counsel of the Knapp Commission, an independent commission established by the mayor to...

  • Teaching Case - Knapp Commission and Patrick Murphy (A)

    Knapp Commission and Patrick Murphy (A)

    $3.95

    Publication Date: January 01, 1977

    This case considers the actions of two individuals committed to combatting corruption in the New York City Police Department. Mike Armstrong is chief counsel of the Knapp Commission, an independent commission established by the mayor to...

  • Classic Case - Hunger in America: 1965-1969 (A Chronology of Events)

    Hunger in America: 1965-1969 (A Chronology of Events)

    Free

    Publication Date: January 01, 1976

    In 1967 Senators Robert Kennedy and Joseph Clark focused national attention on hunger in America with their unscheduled and widely publicized tour of black homes in the Mississippi Delta. This case examines existing federal efforts -- as of...

  • Classic Case - Hunger in America: 1965-1969

    Hunger in America: 1965-1969

    Free

    Publication Date: January 01, 1975

    In 1967 Senators Robert Kennedy and Joseph Clark focused national attention on hunger in America with their unscheduled and widely publicized tour of black homes in the Mississippi Delta. This case examines existing federal efforts -- as of...