READ: This should be 3 pages, double-spaced, calibri 11pt font, citations on a s

READ: This should be 3 pages, double-spaced, calibri 11pt font, citations on a separate page, no header besides your name.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/poverty-politics-and-profit/ – watch video covers some of the challenges of the affordable housing crisis in the United States.
For this assignment I’d like you to analyze and critique the state of the affordable housing crisis in the United States. You should understand, as the video explains, public housing, section 8 vouchers, affordable housing construction, the Fair Housing Act, LIHTCLinks to an external site. (affordable housing tax credit) etc. AI/ChatGPT/Wiki pasting notice*
THIS ASSIGNMENT MATCHES CHAPTER 9 PUBLIC POLICY, Power, and Decision
3 PAGE ANALYSIS & CRITIQUE -NOT COUNTING CITATIONS.
Your work should address your work should reflect an understanding of the following.
What is the affordable housing crisis and what are its causes?
What are the impacts of the affordable housing crisis on individuals, families, and communities?
What are some of the solutions the US has tried regarding housing & the affordable housing crisis?
What is the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) and how does it work?
What are the benefits and drawbacks of the LIHTC?
Using the concepts in Chapter 9, show whether you think this example (affordable housing crisis in the US, reflects our system more as elite or more pluraistic? BE SURE TO EXPLAIN WHY OR WHY NOT -who has power in this example?
You may take a stance/be normative (normative equals “shoulds” or how things ought to be -you might call this your “opinion”), however, I’d like you to have a sober and well laid out analysis and critique of 1 or more aspects of the issue. A specific single aspect might work better in a short assignment like this, as opposed to taking on such a sweeping problem -for instance, pick a state or locality wrestling with this issue.
READ: This should be 3 pages, double-spaced, calibri 11pt font, citations on a separate page, no header besides your name.
Here are some primer articles below that are probably helpful in highlighting some key elements of the issue(s). Note, these are think tanks, research organizations that provide analysis, advice, and research on a variety of issues to influence policymaking -they have clear value statements/goals and are non-profits with political goals.
CAP (very “progressive” on many issues, but sort of status quo on this one): “As progressives, we believe America should be a land of boundless opportunity, where people can climb the ladder of economic mobility.” https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/economy/reports/2020/08/10/488313/expanding-supply-affordable-housing-low-wage-workers/
Links to an external site.
CATO (economically extremely free-market, but “liberal” on many rights/liberties): “Our mission is to originate, disseminate, and advance solutions based on the principles of individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peace.” https://www.cato.org/tax-budget-bulletin/low-income-housing-tax-credit-costly-complex-corruption-proneLinks to an external site.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-30/the-u-s-affordable-housing-gap-is-getting-worseLinks to an external site.
https://archive.curbed.com/2019/5/15/18617763/affordable-housing-policy-rent-real-estate-apartmentLinks to an external site.
*Using AI/ChatGPT/Wiki cut and paste is an automatic zero, unless, in the case of AI/gpt, you cite how and why you used it SPECIFICALLY