Housing is the basic element of individual and community welfare beyond being a consumption or speculative investment instrument. The housing problem has economic, cultural, political, and social dimensions. The housing problem, which differs according to time and place, also has different results in terms of the development levels of the countries. They should be used as effective tools for residential problems, which have a dynamic structure and economic and demographic bases, as well as housing policies, urbanization policies, and social policies. It is possible to list the causes of the housing problem in Turkey as immigration, population growth, illegal construction, unguided urbanization, inaccuracies and deficiencies in planning, and unemployment and income distribution disorders.