The Sudanese housing policies have been comprised of two main types of programs which are based on the needs of all sectors of the population for the provision of plots through site and services schemes and the other is Incremental housing for the low-income groups. we are evaluating of sustainable design of the core units built by the public sector for low‐income families. In this paper analysis is based on four parameters like the size of the project, the target group of inhabitants, the design and building materials and technologies. In addition that parameters are compared to U.N. Habitat principles of sustainable housing. Sustainable housing includes cultural and economic impacts of housing and contributes to making healthy residential neighborhoods.
Sustainable Development is a comprehensive process of providing development within the umbrella of the four pillars of sustainability (UNDP 2002): cultural vibrancy, economic prosperity, environmental responsibility and social justice. Social sustainability occurs when the formal and informal systems and structures that support the capacity of current and future generations are linked to create healthy and livable communities (Hodgson, 2003). In practicing sustainable community development, proposed actions and policies must be judged for their economic value as well as for their ecological and evolutionary affects, moreover following a model of sustainability requires integrating different human values with the multiple dynamics of natural systems (Flint, 2013). One of the main factors of achieving sustainability in a community is the sufficient range, diversity and affordability of housing within a balanced housing market (Egan 2014). Housing projects must be properly integrated into the social, cultural and economic local environments, it is important to connect housing to infrastructure networks and basic services (water supply, electricity, etc.).