Evaluation of social housing areas within the framework of smart growth approach from sustainable urban development approaches: social housing of Toki Samsun Kuzeyyildizi

The right to shelter is one of the fundamental rights of people, the right to shelter in healthy conditions for everyone, himself and his family, has to be guaranteed by the states. States are trying to solve the housing problem with social housing policies for individuals who are unable to meet their housing needs in accordance with their housing policies. In recent years, sustainable development approaches such as ecosystem degradation, climate changes, rapid destruction of nature, depletion of non-renewable resources have become approaches that have started to be adopted all over the world. The most important issue of sustainable development is sustainable urban development, as the places where natural resources are most heavily consumed are urban spaces. Many approaches to the sustainability of cities have emerged. Smart growth from these approaches is an approach that aims at a more compact form of construction against urban sprawl, reducing vehicle traffic and minimizing greenhouse gas impact by pedestrian, bicycle and public transport. Social housing is built to provide only housing at minimum standards, or sometimes even below minimum standards, because they are produced for low-income households. The aim of the study is to make social housing in better conditions and more livable environments by applying sustainable urban development approaches, and social housing of TOKI Samsun Kuzeyyıldızı, an existing example, is to evaluate its situation through the principles of smart growth and includes suggestions.