Assessing the quality of the urban environment in Mehr housing in Rasht

The construction of Mehr housing is one of the recent government supports for the construction of suitable housing for the low-income groups, which introduces the provision of housing in its social forms as an important approach. This study aimed to assess the residents' satisfaction with the quality of the urban environment of Mehr housing in Rasht. The research population included all residents of the Mehr housing in Rasht, from which 380 participants were selected as the research sample based on the Morgan table. It was an applied and developmental study in terms of purpose, with descriptive-analytical methodology and mixed research (qualitative and quantitative) in terms of nature. Also, a documentary-survey method with a questionnaire was used for collecting the data. To analyze the data, descriptive (including mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (including one-sample t-test and regression analysis) were used. Chronbach's alpha was used to examine the reliability of the questionnaire. All data analysis was done using SPSS software. The results showed the residents were satisfied with residential features and dissatisfied with urban features. The quality of the urban environment resulted from the residential and urban environment features, which is 2.93 less than the theoretical average (3), indicating the low quality of the urban environment and citizens' dissatisfaction. The results of the hypothesis also showed that the content features with a beta coefficient of 0.735 were more important than other sub-indices.