Analysing spatial inequality in Tehran’s Housing System, via changing prices during 1992- 2016

Access to housing in a society is a popular goal that its achievement could be challenged by disregarding the social status of housing and the lack of systematic approach in housing policy-making and planning processes. This would result in spatial (i.e., multidimensional) inequality.
Tehran, is a complex urban system, which its complexity makes it more vulnerable when confronting deficiencies in policy-making. The existence and continuity of such a problematic situation has affected negatively the access of a significant part of the population in Tehran to housing.
The purpose is to study the extent and condition of spatial inequality in the housing system of Tehran and to its variance among the 22 urban districts of Tehran.
To achieve the set purpose of this paper, a dual descriptive-analytical path has been designed. The first path review the literature and propose the theoretical and methodological framework. The second path study and analyze the spatial inequality in residential system of Tehran via statistical and geographical clustering.
The analysis of spatial inequality in the housing system of Tehran was based on the indicator of housing price, as an indicator that represents the overall and total values of the objective and subjective value system of housing. The massive growth of house price over the studied period, which rests in the framework of market mechanism in Tehran, has led to the accentuation of the capitalist aspect of housing, itself exacerbating inequality among owners and non-owners.