At present the housing condition of urban area in Bangladesh, in general, is quite
unimpressive. In all metropolitan cities, there is acute shortage of housing supply and
the backlog is continually on the increase. Inadequate supply of dwelling units for
middle and low income people and high rental value are among the most severe
challenges afflicting urban living in Dhaka. At present in our country the annually
required shelter varies from 3 lakh to 5.5 lakh units. Bangladesh will need to construct
approximately 4 million new houses annually to meet the future demand of the next
20 years. Now Dhaka needs 50,000 new houses annually to accommodate its growing
population. But the existing annual supply is only 20,000 units. So there is a huge
backlog and it is increasing every year.
