The Housing trends of Pakistan
By: Jahanzaib Ali
Tags: Housing, Defense, Bahria Town Karachi, Trends, Pakistan

Pakistan is one of the developing countries in the world. All the progress is under development. Housing is also in under development phase. The lifestyle of the Pakistani population is various according to their regions. Like food, housing is the basic need for the population. Many people in Pakistan live in their own houses and some live in rented houses. Rent of house and house price is another hotly debated topic in Pakistan. From the last decade, the housing trends getting more attention. The large numbers of better housing societies step into the Pakistan housing market.

There are three general classes of housing in Pakistan. The first class is pukka or pucca houses. The peoples which are above then the poverty line owns these type of houses. These houses are built with iron, bricks, cement, etc. These houses are considering strong houses and they are not easily broken. Mostly these houses are found in cities. The second class of housing is known as katchi or kuchha (ramshackle). They are made up of mud, reeds, bamboo, or thatch. Due to the low standard of materials, they are less durable. Most people who live hands to mouth are the owners of these houses. The third class is known as sem-pucca houses. These are the houses which boundaries wall are made up of strong material such as bricks and cement but the roof is done by mud and other stuff which is weaker. Most middle-class Pakistani afford these types of houses. These general classes of houses will be found all over the country’s cities. Due to less planning and over-development of these houses, many problems arise. The problems such as safe drinking water, poor sanitation, compromises of security, unsafe buildings, etc. Most people migrate from urban areas to rural areas and they can’t afford pucca houses. So they build semi-pucca houses and named as katchi abadis. They also play an important role in all these problems.

For the past, some years the housing societies culture is developed all over the country. They change the concept of the traditional housing of Pakistan. In all major cities, this concept is adopted. There are several reasons. First of all these housing societies change the concept of old housing. These societies provide an international level of housing in Pakistan. Secondly, they assure you to provide better security than the outside. Thirdly, all the necessary needs such as hospitals, schools, parks, zoos, supermart, cinemas, etc are provided in the societies. Fourth, they provide you the safe drinking water, better sanitation, wireless electricity system than traditional housing. This puts a good impression on people and they start moving and considering to live in these societies. In that way, the trends of hosing Pakistan changes.

Defense housing authority (DHA), Bahria town, City housing, Golf view lane, ARY laguna, etc are the biggest housing in all over Pakistan. They are the trend makers of the latest housing in Pakistan. Currently, DHA operates in Lahore, Islamabad, and Karachi. DHA Multan is the largest housing society in Pakistan. Similarly Bahria town Karachi is also another big name in a housing society. All these societies offer every human need such as hospitals, schools, security, a healthy environment, drinkable water, wireless electricity system, and many more. All these provide an outstanding living for all types of people. It gives direct benefit to the country economy.

The government of Pakistan also working on housing. The current government announces many programs for housing. Naya Pakistan housing programming is the biggest program in Pakistan’s history. The government provides 1million houses for the poor and needy to own their houses. Similarly another scheme for people who can’t afford homes. They get a loan for housing at very low interest. These programs and schemes show that the current government working on housing and wants to change the trends of housing in Pakistan.

Technology also plays its role in the housing of Pakistan. There are few IT system which provides online sell and purchase of houses in all over Pakistan. It impacts the trends of hosing in Pakistan. They are attached with popular housing societies and help people to buy and sell houses online. Zameen.pk, and Olx.com are the most reliable online applications on which people trust.

The housing trends of Pakistan changes various from the decades. Now people want to live in that societies which provide all the services in the same place. They want to live with the international living. This is really helpful for Pakistan and its economy. Many more trends will come in the housing of Pakistan soon.