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?

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In the contemporary days a lot of cities experiencing dramatic growth. And that’s why
authorities
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struggled with
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of residential land where builders can construct fresh accommodation. It is agreed that only government can eliminate
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issue.
This
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essay outline actions that can be taken in order to fix it
up
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. It is believed that officials could influence
on
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a
a
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lot of
process
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in the cities. And one of them is encouraging
people
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to
move
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countryside.
For instance
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, in
year
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2001 town
Bakersfield
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in
USA
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was experiencing dramatic growth.
Subsequently
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,it invoked some unpleasant consequences. So local
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decided to adjust it by encouraging
people
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to
move
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in
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a villages
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villages
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. They started
used
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using

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all possible methods to involve
people
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. And one of them is using social media to inform
people
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as for
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all benefits
living
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of living

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in
village
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the village
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.
Additionally
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,they came up with
idea
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the idea
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to
provides
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convenient
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way to get
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a job
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job
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jobs

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from
village
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.
In
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results
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,
near
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nearly

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15
percentage
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of
local
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population moved
countries
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to countries

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. Returning again to
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job
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question, governments of the country should provide more vacancy suggestions in the rural areas, as more than 90
percentage
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of
people
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moved to metropolis just for getting a well-paid
job
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. It would be nice to mention latest poll conducted by
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of the Maharashtra province demonstrated that
near
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35
percentage
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percent

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of youths don’t wanna live in a large city,but
forced
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to do that, due to
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the luck
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lack
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lack

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luck
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of
job
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suggestions. So, If
job
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opportunities increased,
people
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would be more willing to
move
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countryside.
However
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,it should be mentioned, that citizens and builders
also
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play an important role in solving
this
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problem. They could help
authorities
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by doing at least something like
invest
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more in building skyscrapers and flats.
Apartment
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usually
require
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less space on the land, whereas, bungalows require
it
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more. To summarise, there are some possible ways to deal with
lack
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of housing
is
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encouraging
people
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to
move
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countryside and
provides
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more
job
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opportunities there.
Therefore
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,
shortage
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of housing can’t be
completed
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solved by citizens ,but
for
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government
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thorough
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analysis
on
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this
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subject, it is predicted that after moving some
people
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in
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villages,
housing
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shortage will be adjusted

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    • Sentence 2 - Detailed background statement
    • Sentence 3 - Thesis
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    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
    • Sentence 2 - Example
    • Sentence 3 - Discussion
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • urbanization
  • public housing
  • overcrowding
  • affordable housing
  • rent control
  • property market
  • infrastructure development
  • sustainable living
  • rural-urban migration
  • real estate regulations
  • zoning laws
  • bureaucracy
  • gentrification
  • economic disparity
  • housing policy
  • social welfare
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