Advisory Center for Affordable Settlements & Housing

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Document Type General
Publish Date 07/06/2017
Author Elshadai Baja
Published By Elshadai Baja
Edited By Arslan Hassan
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LOCAL CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING

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Document Type: General
Publish Date: JUN 2017
Primary Author: Elshadai Baja
Edited By: Arsalan Hasan
Published By: Elshadai Baja

Housing is a basic need for sophisticated existing from one of those basic social conditions that determine the quality of life and welfare of people and places. Affordability is measured in terms of disposable income and affordable housing is categorized in terms of cost of a house, as a proportion to the total income of a household. For the urban poor, the cost of affordable house should not exceed five times the household gross annual income and the rent should not exceed 30 per cent of the household’s gross monthly income. So what if, affordable housing is a basic need but the material cost is very high can result? What solutions should be taken to afford? These are the main questions that we need to answer.

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