Housing Crisis and Fundamental Responsibility of Government

Article 31 of the Iranian Constitution has entrusted a very important task to the government and statesmen, laying the groundwork for meeting the housing needs of all citizens. Even if the law had lacked clarity, since the government is in charge of managing the economy and reorganizing economic relations, the citizens' demand for getting access to housing based on their needs and for the government’s prudent measures in this regard are not considered excessive and unreasonable, economist Nasser Zakeri prefaced an article for the Persian newspaper Shargh with this note