There are severe social consequences to housing shortages in cities and only the government can solve this problem. To what extent do you agree or disagree

The population in

cities

is constantly increasing, and

thus

housing crisis is

a

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most common problem big

cities

are facing today.

This

is a major concern for

governments

as it not only increase the cost of living but

also

affects the quality of life for its

residents

. I do agree that only

governments

can solve

this

problem by taking various measures,

such

as restricting landed

houses

to save

the

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space, encouraging vertical residential buildings and gradually expanding the

city

. In the olden days, people lived in landed independent

houses

as there were lots of spaces in the

city

.

However

,

this

is not possible in

the

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modern

cities

as the

city

population is increasing rapidly, and resulting in a space shortage situation for accommodating housing for all. One of the action

governments

can take is to discourage building new landed

houses

and encourage people to live in apartment flats.

For instance

,

Singapore

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government has built thousands of high-floor residential flats through

housing

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development board to accommodate its ever-growing

residents

in an affordable way. It

also

stopped permission for building new landed

houses

to deal with the space crunch. Some

governments

are

also

looking at options for expanding the

city

to create more residential properties.

For example

, Bangalore, one of the

fast growing

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cities

in India is continuously expanding by incorporating more residential properties and other infrastructure at the outskirts of the

city

, which gradually becomes part of the growing

city

.

However

,

this

option is viable only when there are enough spaces surrounding the

city

. For

cities

like

Hong-Kong

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and Singapore, which are islands, the only option is to grow vertically within the

city

. Solving

housing

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shortage is an issue that requires proper planning and big investment and residence of a big

city

have very little to do and the government seems like the appropriate authority to solve

this

problem. In conclusion, the

cities

are growing rapidly and so the

residents

of the

city

also

grow.

Thus

, it is the responsibility of

governments

to take appropriate measures to create

better

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living place at an affordable price for its

city

residents

.