The Italian Social Housing Miracle Post World War II discusses and investigates the making of the modernist neighbourhood in Italy in the aftermath of WWII and the subsequent economic boom and socio-political reforms. I’ll be investigating both the physical and abstract involved in the making of QT8, the model neighbourhood of the time. The thesis begins by exploring the historical context of the country, the destruction war brought on its industry and residential sector, the transition from a Monarchy to a Republic, and how it evolved thanks to major reforms and economic policies; both national and foreign. From an extensive research on time-specific articles and journals, law documents and public discourses, I try to create a coherent narrative that focuses on the public sector and its social housing programme. The thesis also highlights the different level of interventions done by foreign governments to try and steer Italy’s path. Once a robust knowledge web is created on the economical and socio-political situation, the thesis dives into analysing the unicorn project that is QT8, located in Milano. An emphasis is placed on the non-linear approach the design and development process took to reach implementation as a parallel to modern-day difficulties in implementing new large-scale investments in the public sector.