Assess graduate students' ability to analyze how municipal zoning ordinances shaped housing affordability and displacement in mid-sized U.S. cities from 2000–2020; expect evaluation of causal pathways (e.g., density limits, single‑family zoning, parking minimums, inclusionary zoning), interpretation of quantitative indicators (rents, prices, construction rates, demographic change, eviction/foreclosure data), critique of empirical methods (difference‑in‑differences, GIS, case comparisons), identification of data sources, and formulation of policy recommendations or alternative zoning reforms to mitigate displacement.