Housing contains functional volumes that respond to human needs (shelter, sleeping, eating, drinking, etc.) and social and psychological needs. For this reason, it has continued as one of the most important problems of people of every age throughout history. Housing, which is one of the most basic research subjects of architectural practice, is in the XIX. and XX. century, it has been one of the important topics of discussion both in many developed countries and in Turkey. Because with these centuries, the production style of the house has changed, and it is observed that the houses that are produced individually for individuals are started to be mass-produced together with the social, economic and political dynamics. The mass housing construction process, which started to solve the housing problem of the workers with the industrial revolution in the world, is one of the important housing production models that is still used today. The housing requirement of the population increasing day by day in Turkey, high rental prices, and unplanned, unplanned constructions that are increasing in the city periphery are interpreted as important signs showing the existence of the housing problem. From the late Ottoman to the 2000s, different housing policies were discussed and tried to be implemented in 20-30 years. After the 2000s, mass housing production plays an important role in solving the housing problem in Turkey; The culture of collective housing has also become widespread in rapidly growing cities where the population is rapidly increasing. In this study, the housing problem in Turkey has been compiled chronologically from the late Ottoman period to the present through the mass housing phenomenon. The study also focuses on the scope and target of mass housing practices over a century and the roles of the actors involved in these processes.