"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

cities

is growing fast and so is the housing crisis, which brings along many other problems. Some argue that only

government

is the appropriate authority to deal with

this

rising problem. I strongly agree with

this

argument as governments can solve

this

growing issue by various steps,

such

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

cities

.

First

and foremost, the

government

is the right party 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

cities

on islands and they have proven to solve

this

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

cities

have proved to incorporate 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, the

government

can extend highways to help commuters access the

cities

in a country easily.

This

high level of planning can only be done by the

government

to help solve accommodation shortages for their citizenry.

Secondly

, the

government

can help

this

situation by expanding

cities

and creating more residential properties on the outskirts of

cities

. In 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 it and built metros and highways for commuters to make it easily accessible.

Hence

,

this

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

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.