Social Development & Welfare Planning

Low-income groups housing policy in Iran: Lessons and evidences

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

moslem zarghamfard 1
saman abizadeh 2
majid akbari 3
masoud ahmadi 4

1 independent researcher

2 Assistant Professor of Department of Art and Architecture, Payam Noor University, Tehran-Iran

3 phd

4 department of geography, university of yazd

https://doi.org/10.22054/qjsd.2024.62509.2216
Abstract
The low-income housing policy in Iran cannot meet the housing needs of the target groups and the problem of housing aggravates by the day. Therefore, there should be a major revision in the process of policy-making, management and planning. The present research was carried out through one-to-one interviews, discourse analysis, and interpretive structural modeling, and 41 experts participated in this study. The policy of low-income housing has not been successful and it needs structural and radical modifications. In order to have a successful policy, 1. All sciences must be included in the process of policy-making, 2. Land policy-making must be modified, 3. Housing policy must be made in every province separately, 4. Main modifications are required in the tax and tenancy system, 5. The vacant houses should enter into consumption cycle. Generally, the present article describes the low-income housing policy and provides propositions to modify the content of the policies. The policy of low-income housing has not been successful and it needs structural and radical modifications. In order to have a successful policy, 1. All sciences must be included in the process of policy-making, 2. Land policy-making must be modified, 3. Housing policy must be made in every province separately, 4. Main modifications are required in the tax and tenancy system, 5. The vacant houses should enter into consumption cycle.

Keywords

Policymaking
housing policymaking
low-income housing
Iran
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