Some people think that planting trees in open spaces in cities and towns is more important than building houses. to what extent do you agree or disagree?

In order to meet basic human needs for housing, nowadays most of the free spaces are replaced by highrises and construction sites. According to some people

instead

of building

houses

in any empty places in cities, we should plant

trees

. I partially agree with

this

statement as I believe we should prioritize basic human needs. Generally speaking, the idea of planting

trees

is appealing in the

first

place because we do need

trees

in order to create more oxygen to breathe and tackle air pollution in big cities. At the same time , we are destroying the green part of our planet to build

houses

and road.

In other words

, the question is, how can we settle our population if we do not do so? Where they are going to live. According to some researches done on some populated cities around the world, near 30 per cent of the population are struggling with housing issues .By looking at the rate of homelessness,it is clear that

this

number is increasing as the population growth. It is not surprising to see people sleeping on the street or in the park, or even in their cars. In order to deal with

this

issue, we can not only focus on planting

trees

. In my perspective, basic human needs come always

first

when it comes to deciding about open spaces in towns. If we are living in an area where homelessness is not an issue and people are not struggling to find housing, it makes total sense to planting

trees

in every free corner of our streets.

Otherwise

, we need to tackle homelessness and provide enough

houses

for residents by building more

houses

even if it takes to have fewer

trees

.