Housing and accommodation has become a major problem in many countries around the world. What are some of the main factors that have contributed to this problem? What can be done to help reduce the number of homeless people?

Inadequacy of human shelter has become a significant

problem

worldwide. There are many factors that contribute to

this

issue. The scarcity of resources,

that is

available

land

for housing and expanding

population

are the main causes.

This

easy will discuss

further

this

global impact of lack of housing with possible solutions which can be implemented by the authorities.

To begin

with, insufficiency of the resources (available

land

for development of residential buildings) is one of the main causes for

this

housing crisis, particularly in metropolitan City areas.

In other words

, owing to rapid industrialisation, more and more trade buildings are being constructed. As a consequence, cities get congested and become overcrowded.

Moreover

, these industrialised areas expand and encroach the green belt of the city as well. In order to solve

this

problem

of limited

land

for residential buildings, the authorities can consider the construction of vertical cities

instead

of horizontals.

As a result

of

this

more free lands will be preserved.

Furthermore

, the congestion can be reduced by moving industrial buildings

such

as factories out of the metropolitan areas towards non-residential areas. The

second

reason

that is

considered in

this

essay which leads to the shortage of housing is the explosion of

population

. Owing to the development of health, the life expectancy of the

population

has increased and the proportion of the elderly

population

has increased. With the growing

population

, demand for the resources(houses and

land

)

also

got increased causing difficulty in fulfilment of that demand.

Subsequently

,

this

has led to a limitation of housing and accommodation for the citizens. In order to solve ti's, controlling the

population

should be considered by the authorities and resources can be easily distributed among the

population

. China is the most salient example of

this

and the Chinese government has enforced a rule to limit one child for a family and successfully managed the

problem

. In conclusion, scarcity of housing and accommodation is a global

problem

and limited resources, as well as expanding

population

, are the major causes of

this

.By proper planning of city construction and by controlling the

population

this

problem

can be controlled.