Low Cost Housing in India

This paper aims to point out the various aspects of low cost housing in India by highlighting the different prefabrication techniques, and the economical advantages achieved by their adoption.

In a building the foundation, walls, doors and windows, floors, and roofs are the most important components, which can be analyzed individually based on the needs thus, improving the speed of construction and reducing the construction cost.

The major current methods for low cost housing in India considered here are namely, structural block walls, mortar-less block walls, prefabricated roofing components like precast RC planks, precast hollow concrete panels, and precast concrete/Ferro cement panels are considered.

Affordable housing is a term used to describe dwelling units whose total housing cost are deemed “Affordable” to a group of people within a specified income range.

low cost housing in India, the technology to be adopted for housing components should be such that the production and erection technology be adjusted to suite the level of skills and handling facilities available under metropolitan, urban and rural conditions.

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