By 2016 It was estimated that Uganda had about 7.3 million households living in 6.2 million housing units with an average household size of 4.7 persons. The national occupancy density was estimated at 1.1 household per housing unit, giving a total backlog of 710,000 housing units. There was also an estimated backlog of 900,000 housing units as a result of sub-standard houses and structures which were never meant for human habitation. Out of a total backlog of 1.6 million housing units, about 210,000 units were in urban areas while 1.395 million units were in rural areas. In 2016, Uganda‘s government adopted the National Housing Policy was to provide a framework that provides adequate housing for all. one of the objectives of the policy was to o increase the production of adequate housing for all income groups, from the current 60,000 to 200,000 housing units per annum to meet the housing need by 2022;
What would be the best strategies to improve access and provision of low income housing in less developed countries like Uganda.
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The fundamental force behind housing improvement is economic growth. Whatever housing development strategy will be very difficult without economic growth.
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and Feng Frederic Deng for the contribution...
Dear Ronald Buye,
A good solution to improve housing conditions is the housing policy implemented under the Mieszkanie Plus Program, which I described in my articles on my Research Gate profile. I invite you to research cooperation on this important issue. Housing policy is one of the key segments of socio-economic and social policy. It can also be carried out as an important factor of pro-development, interventionist, anti-cyclical, Keynsian socio-economic policy.
Best wishes,
Dariusz Prokopowicz
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