Syllabus

COURSE OUTLINE

1. Concepts and specific features of housing; functions of housing

2.  Housing markets and their specific features

         - Price of housing as related to demand and supply of housing

         - Estimation methods of housing prices in an urban area

3. Housing need and housing demand

- The concept of housing need and its estimation methods

-  Housing demand; housing demand elasticities

-  Housing choice at different location in an urban area

4. Housing supply

- Land development and house building processes; actors involved.

- Forms of housing provision in Turkey.

         - Production of housing at different locations in an urban area

5. Housing finance

- Principal forms of housing finance

- Housing finance institutions in different countries

- Historical development and current state of housing finance in Turkey

6. State Housing Policies

- Types of housing policies and the rationale for introducing housing policies

- Housing policies in Turkey

- Rent control and social rented housing

7. Unauthorized housing in developing countries

         - Forms of unauthorized house building

         - Regularization and transformation of unauthorized housing in Turkey