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<p>Affordable Housing is a critical issue in many developing countries that impacts their potential for sustainability and socio-economic development. Lack of affordable housing, slower growth of housing stock, and aging housing conflates numerous other problems in Pakistan, including overcrowding, poor indoor air quality, prevalence of preventable diseases, and development of slums and katchi abadies, etc. These challenges lessen living standards in many areas. Unaffordable housing forces low income families in urban areas to live in dilapidated areas. An increase in the construction of affordable housing is needed to mitigate housing affordability challenges in Pakistan. Setting aside land quotas for low-income families in housing development schemes is not sufficient because the households still lack the means to construct housing. This paper attempts to identify the causes of unaffordable housing and solutions for its provision.</p>
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Affordable Housing is a critical issue in many developing countries that impacts their potential for sustainability and socio-economic development. Lack of affordable housing, slower growth of housing stock, and aging housing conflates numerous other problems in Pakistan, including overcrowding, poor indoor air quality, prevalence of preventable diseases, and development of slums and katchi abadies, etc. These challenges lessen living standards in many areas. Unaffordable housing forces low income families in urban areas to live in dilapidated areas. An increase in the construction of affordable housing is needed to mitigate housing affordability challenges in Pakistan. Setting aside land quotas for low-income families in housing development schemes is not sufficient because the households still lack the means to construct housing. This paper attempts to identify the causes of unaffordable housing and solutions for its provision.

Making Unaffordable to Affordable: Looking into Affordable Housing Issues and Its Remedies

Architecture and Urban Planning

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Affordable Housing is a critical issue in many developing countries that impacts their potential for sustainability and socio-economic development. Lack of...

Making Unaffordable to Affordable: Looking into Affordable Housing Issues and Its Remedies

Published Online: Sep 10, 2019

Page range: 22 - 29

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aup-2019-0003

Keywords
Affordable Housing, Housing Stock & Backlog, Lahore, Urban Extent

© 2019 Muhammad Ahsan, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Making Unaffordable to Affordable: Looking into Affordable Housing Issues and Its Remedies

Published Online: Sep 10, 2019

Page range: 22 - 29

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aup-2019-0003

KeywordsAffordable Housing, Housing Stock & Backlog, Lahore, Urban Extent

© 2019 Muhammad Ahsan, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Affordable Housing, Housing Stock & Backlog, Lahore, Urban Extent