This paper examines the trends and challenges of housing affordability in the Turkish case.
Concurrently, it questions the use of conventional affordability measures in a developing …

We examine three key issues related to flexibility in planning: the first is to understand how
flexibility in planning emerges and to define its content; the second relates to how flexibility …

Abstract In Turkey, the Housing Development Administration (HDA/Toplu Konut İdaresi—
TOKİ) became a major public actor in the housing market in the 2000s by undertaking nearly …

Abstract The Global Financial Crisis of 2007–2008 resulted in falling house prices, declining
construction activity, and deteriorating affordability in the countries affected by the crisis. The …

Purpose This paper aims to offer an extensive empirical case study analysis by investigating
housing affordability in Turkey as a whole, and in Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir over the period …

Urban growth, particularly in developing countries, has been impacted by the financial and
institutional incapacity to provide affordable housing, leading to the development of large …

Access to affordable housing is a central urban planning goal, and housing supply and
prices are strongly interlinked to land use regulation. Across the world, the past four decades …

Inclusionary housing (IH) is a regulatory instrument adopted by local governments in many
countries to produce affordable housing by capturing resources created through the …

In metropolitan areas, rising house prices make it more difficult for low-and middle-income
people to access affordable housing. However, the availability of affordable rental housing …

Minimising costs is one of the main objectives in public policy design. The formation of
public institutions like TOKI (the Mass Housing Administration) that have financial and …