GEO3167 : Geographies of Housing
- Offered for Year: 2025/26
- Available to incoming Study Abroad and Exchange students
- Module Leader(s): Dr Emma Ormerod
- Lecturer: Dr Matthew Richmond, Dr Jessa Loomis
- Owning School: Geography, Politics & Sociology
- Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
Semesters
Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.
| Semester 2 Credit Value: | 20 |
| ECTS Credits: | 10.0 |
| European Credit Transfer System | |
Aims
To provide students with an understanding of the contemporary inequalities in housing provision and governance.
To provide students with an advanced understanding of the key themes, concepts and theories that have characterised critical approaches to housing studies.
To explore the methods, thinking and practices that help us understand housing inequalities.
To discuss and critically evaluate the debates that have characterised geographical and other social science scholarship on housing.
Outline Of Syllabus
Housing is an important part of achieving sustainable cities and communities (UN Sustainable Development Goal 11) and overcoming inequality. Whist housing is a human right, and something we all have a relationship to, housing is also increasingly commodified and understood as an asset. The module will challenge students to think about housing and its geography, asking does everyone have equal rights to housing?
The course is organised through 3 blocks:
- Housing Governance & Policy
- Economies of Housing
- Housing Transformations
Topics to be covered may include:
Student housing & its politics
Methods to research housing
Housing rights and movements (for example in Brazil, Spain, UK and USA)
Governance of housing
Housing and society
Housing informality
The economics of housing (& financialisation)
Public, private and social housing
Housing actors
Housing policy and taxation
Teaching Methods
Teaching Activities
| Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Lecture | 2 | 1:00 | 2:00 | N/A |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Lecture | 10 | 2:00 | 20:00 | N/A |
| Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 1 | 40:00 | 40:00 | N/A |
| Guided Independent Study | Directed research and reading | 1 | 127:00 | 127:00 | N/A |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Workshops | 3 | 2:00 | 6:00 | N/A |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Drop-in/surgery | 2 | 1:00 | 2:00 | N/A |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Module talk | 1 | 3:00 | 3:00 | Film Screening & Structured Discussion |
| Total | 200:00 |
Teaching Rationale And Relationship
The module is starts and ends with 1 hour introductory and conclusion lectures.
This is supported with a film screening and discussion in the first week to ground students understandings of key issues the Module will go on to consider.
2-hour weekly lectures will then begin, organised thematically in blocks.
Three 2-hour workshops will support students first assessment of a portfolio, offering both structured skill building and space for student-led discussion and skill development.
Two 1-hour assessment drop in will support both assessments.
Assessment Methods
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
Other Assessment
| Description | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio | 2 | M | 50 | 2,000 words |
| Essay | 2 | M | 50 | 2,000 words |
Assessment Rationale And Relationship
1x Portfolio (2000 words) (50%)
Responding to a series of issues, students will apply research skills and reflections to produce a portfolio. Students will be expected to show an ability to collate empirical material, and offer reflections grounded in key housing concepts.
1 x Essay (2000 words ) (50%)
Demonstrating students academic synthesis of housing issues and critical thinking skills.
Reading Lists
Timetable
- Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
- GEO3167's Timetable