The shortage of housing in big cities can cause severe consequences. Only government action can solve this problem. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

With urbanisation, the population in the

cities

is growing fast and so is the housing crisis, which brings along with it lots of other problems. Some argue that only

government

is the appropriate authority to deal with

this

rising problem. I strongly agree with

this

argument as the

government

can solve

this

growing issue by various steps,

such

as restricting the new landed residential housing by encouraging vertical apartment buildings and gradually expanding the

city

.

First

and foremost, the

government

is the only appropriate authority to resolve

this

housing crisis issue by discouraging the building of new landed houses and encouraging vertical multi-storey apartment living with proper planning and infrastructure to deal with

this

space crunch.

For example

, Singapore and Hong Kong are the

cities

on an island, they have proven to solve

this

crisis for their citizens by vertically building thousands of high-floor flats. These

cities

have proved to have the best infrastructure for their ever-growing population by building multi-story apartments rather than new houses, which has resulted in economically affordable housing for their citizens in big

cities

.

Further

, to help the situation

government

can extend highways to help commuters access the

city

easily.

This

high level of planning can only be done by the

government

to help solve the accommodation shortages for their citizenry.

Secondly

, the

government

can help

this

situation by expanding the

cities

and creating more residential properties on the outskirts of the

city

. In the Noida,

for instance

, a fast-growing

city

in India, the housing development board has continuously helped accommodate the growing population by building more residential properties on the outskirts of the

city

which eventually became part of the

city

and built metros and highways for commuters to make the

city

easily accessible.

Hence

,

this

helped in controlling growing cramping and accommodation problems for their locals. In conclusion, it is clear that

government

has a big role to play as an ultimate authority by taking appropriate measures to create highly planned inner-by

city

development and well-designed infrastructure to accommodate the growing needs of their citizens.