Housing for the urban poor : a case studyof lahore metropolitan area, pakistan

Abstract EN

Provision of low cost housing to human beings is the foremost goal of every government.

The governments of various countries adopted varied nature of approaches to provide cheap houses to homeless people.

In this modern age, provision of low cost housing has become a complex task involving physical, political, administrative and organizational dimensions.

The important debate is about the role of government in low cost housing provision.

Most of the welfare states considered that it is their duty to provide subsidized housing to the poor sections of the society.

But the fact is that no government has ever been able to claim that it has provided cheap housing completely.

This paper highlights the role of government agencies in the provision of low cost housing to the urban poor.

The study focused on the second biggest city of Pakistan, i.e.

Lahore, which has a population of more than 06 millions and it is constantly increasing at a much faster rate.

The paper firstly explored the major problems aroused due to urbanization and then at end certain recommendations are made so as to solve this problem of housing shortage.