The effects of western housing practices on Turkey’s social housing experience

Fatema Alhashemi and Mehmet Saner

Journal of Design for Resilience in Architecture and Planning, 2025, vol. 6, issue 1, 143-162

Abstract: Social housing emerged as an inevitable yet late response to the changes brought about by industrialization. The sudden population influx caused by mass migration towards expanding old cities and newly developed industrial towns resulted in poor living conditions and the lack of proper accommodation. The evolving response to housing problems paved the way for social housing, which eventually turned into common practices worldwide to provide adequate accommodation to those in need. This paper examines the evolution of Western housing policies and practices, their limitations in the modern social context, and the impact of Western housing practices upon Turkey’s social housing experience. |The analysis aims to highlight the adaptability, challenges and opportunities presented by Western housing policies in a distinct cultural and socio-economic environment.

Keywords: housing policies; industrialization; social housing; western influence on Turkey (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.47818/DRArch.2025.v6i1161

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