IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/vrs/mgrsod/v26y2022i4p185-197n3.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The Iranian Housing System under the Islamic Republic Government (1990–2021)

Author

Listed:
  • Janakipour Farzaneh

    (Faculty of Urban Management, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran)

  • Zarghamfard Moslem

    (Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran)

  • Hajisharifi Arezoo

    (Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Faculty of Geography, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran)

  • Hoseinzadeh Robab

    (Department of Geography, Payam-e-Noor University, Tehran, Iran)

Abstract

Increasing urbanization, a massive migration to the big cities, and an imbalance between supply and demand for housing have introduced a housing shortage over the past few decades. The housing issue in Iran has been addressed through government housing provision and development programs. A brief review of the government's policies on development programs shows that government-based and market-based approaches are the two main types in the housing sector. Although the government initially had a primary role in housing provision, this responsibility was gradually transferred to the private sector, but without a proper balance between housing supply and demand. In this article, we will explore the different housing policies and examine the successes and failures of each one.

Suggested Citation

  • Janakipour Farzaneh & Zarghamfard Moslem & Hajisharifi Arezoo & Hoseinzadeh Robab, 2022. "The Iranian Housing System under the Islamic Republic Government (1990–2021)," Miscellanea Geographica. Regional Studies on Development, Sciendo, vol. 26(4), pages 185-197, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:mgrsod:v:26:y:2022:i:4:p:185-197:n:3
    DOI: 10.2478/mgrsd-2022-0014
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2022-0014
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.2478/mgrsd-2022-0014?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Claudia Murray & David Clapham, 2020. "Housing policies in Argentina under President Macri (2015–2019): a divided nation perpetuating path dependency," International Journal of Housing Policy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 20(4), pages 491-512, October.
    2. Moslem Zarghamfard & Abolfazl Meshkini & Ahmad Pourahmad & Beniamino Murgante, 2019. "The pathology of housing policies in Iran: a criterion-based analysis," International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 13(3), pages 453-473, December.
    3. Chris Hamnett, 2009. "Spatial Divisions of Welfare: The Geography of Welfare Benefit Expenditure and of Housing Benefit in Britain," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 43(8), pages 1015-1033.
    4. repec:eme:ijhma0:ijhma-06-2019-0064 is not listed on IDEAS
    5. Saeed Tajrishy & Mohammad Vesal, 2021. "The Externality of Public Housing Projects: The Case of the Mehr Housing Project in Iran," Working Papers 1505, Economic Research Forum, revised 20 Nov 2021.
    6. Maurice Blanc, 2004. "The Changing Role Of The State In French Housing Policies: A Roll-Out Without Roll-Back?," European Journal of Housing Policy, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 4(3), pages 283-302.
    7. repec:eme:ijhma0:ijhma-06-2019-0066 is not listed on IDEAS
    8. Safar Ghaedrahmati & Moslem Zarghamfard, 2020. "Housing policy and demographic changes: the case of Iran," International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 14(1), pages 1-13, February.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Wong, Sandy, 2016. "Geographies of medicalized welfare: Spatial analysis of supplemental security income in the U.S., 2000–2010," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 160(C), pages 9-19.
    2. Andrés Rodríguez-Pose & Vassilis Tselios, 2012. "Welfare Regimes and the Incentives to Work and Get Educated," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 44(1), pages 125-149, January.
    3. Tiznado-Aitken, Ignacio & Lucas, Karen & Muñoz, Juan Carlos & Hurtubia, Ricardo, 2022. "Freedom of choice? Social and spatial disparities on combined housing and transport affordability," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 122(C), pages 39-53.
    4. Janneke Bemmel Van, 2006. "Knowledge and Learning in Complex Urban Renewal Projects; Towards a Process Design," ERSA conference papers ersa06p785, European Regional Science Association.
    5. Ramazannejad Yaser & Zarghamfard Moslem & Hajisharifi Arezoo & Azar Sahand, 2021. "Factors Behind Tourists’ Travel Motivation: The Case of the Gilan Region, Iran," Quaestiones Geographicae, Sciendo, vol. 40(4), pages 101-112, December.
    6. Akbari Majid & Zarghamfard Moslem & Hajisharifi Arezoo & Amir Entekhabi Shahram & Goodarzipour Sadrallah, 2022. "Modelling the Obstacles to using Bicycle Sharing Systems in the Tehran Metropolis: A Structural Analysis," Quaestiones Geographicae, Sciendo, vol. 41(2), pages 109-124, June.
    7. Hsi‐Chuan Wang & Agustina María Bazán, 2023. "HOUSING INFORMALITY IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH: Insights from a Policy Comparison between Accra and Buenos Aires," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 47(5), pages 833-860, September.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:vrs:mgrsod:v:26:y:2022:i:4:p:185-197:n:3. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Peter Golla (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.sciendo.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.