There is a common trend for housing shortages in the city. What are the causes? What can be done to solve it?

In

this

day and age, the phenomenon of lacking houses in the

cities

is now a debating point. The writer, in light of

this

, contends that

this

situation stems from the overcrowding population in the

cities

and the fast speed of urbanization, especially in the industrial field, yet it can be solved by improving the transport system between rural and urban

areas

.

Initially

,

cities

have a substantial amount of

people

.

That is

to say,

people

coming from surrounding

city

areas

or rural ones usually move to the

city

because of the prevalence of job opportunities available in metropolitan

areas

with better pay compared to the negligible wages in rural

areas

.

As a consequence

, the more

people

move to the metropolis, the more houses are being built for the commuters to settle down to work,

while

the

city

space for accommodation is limited,

thus

leading to house shortage as there is no more space left to build any house. Vietnam,

for example

, where too many

people

from the countryside move to big

cities

to work and live, which leads to the problem of housing shortage.

Additionally

, the fast pace of industrialization must

also

be taken into consideration. To be more specific, there are numerous factories being built in the

cities

to manufacture daily products for residents which require a wide range of employees to operate. Those

people

are employed in various regions and altogether in the

city

. Despite that, the infrastructure of the town

such

as accommodation capacities is yet to be developed fully, leading to the fact that these services are unable to fit the demands of all

people

.

As a result

, employees have to live in public apartments that are low in quality or do not have any houses at all. A solution,

however

, can be found in government action. Specifically, enhancing public transportation

such

as free buses between the two

areas

will be ideal since

people

can settle down in the countryside whilst finding a suitable occupation in the

city

to earn a decent salary without concern about geographical distances. Should

this

happen, the density of population in the

cities

will decrease significantly

as well as

reduce the burden on

city

accommodation,

therefore

acting as an incentive for a holistic improvement in either

cities

or rural

areas

.

To conclude

, house shortage comes from overpopulation

as well as

the gradual speed of industrialization.

This

problem,

nevertheless

, can be addressed by enhancing public transportation between the two

areas

.