This semester, students graduating from our Master of Public Administration program are working with faculty member Dr. Casey Fleming to complete the program’s capstone project.
This project investigates the complex social and economic conditions driving some of the growing problems around housing affordability in many urban and suburban areas. Focusing on two North Carolina urban centers – Wake County/Raleigh and Cumberland County/Fayetteville – students are gathering primary and secondary data to produce a thick description of the current state of housing affordability; to identify and compare complementary and competing policy solutions that can increase the stock of and access to affordable housing for low- and moderate-income households; and to make evidence-based recommendations that take into consideration issues of equity, feasibility, and political acceptability.
Students presented and defended their projects for faculty and others on April 29.