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Although the increasing population is the key source of human capital, but it also has many socio-economic and environmental implications for any country. The population explosion along with other factors such as urbanization, foreign remittances, migration, conflicts, real estate business and government policies drastically impacts the housing market dynamics. It is the responsibility of the government to provide housing facilities at affordable prices to accommodate the poor masses. The government should intervene in the housing sector to manage the house rents, construction and land prices. This chapter highlighted the trends in the population, housing units at the rural and urban levels in Pakistan. Moreover, it also highlighted the key challenges facing the housing sector in Pakistan.
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Hussain, A., Ahmed, A., Hussain, W. (2022). Increasing Housing Demand in Pakistan. In: Kundu, A., Ponce Dentinho, T., Magsi, H., Basu, K., Bandyopadhyay, S. (eds) Accessible Housing for South Asia. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88881-7_6
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