Since housing constitutes a significant component of social dimension of sustainable development, its adequacy in terms of quantity and quality plays a dominant role in gauging the level of development as well as indicating a person’s standard of living in a society. The need for an effective housing delivery mechanism to stimulate progressive urbanization in our cities thus constitutes a critical challenge to urban governance and development in Pakistan in general, and in Sindh in particular.

The prime objective of the Housing Policy is to get in-depth overview of existing housing scenario of the province and to cater for the present and future housing needs of the province, focusing on the following:

• Improvement of overall housing conditions in Sindh
• Improving Rural basic infrastructure
• Low-cost affordable housing
• Land Bank and its management
• Housing Finance
• Urban Renewal Program
• Public Private Partnership
• Rental Housing
• Real Estate Management
• Management of Heritage and local construction techniques
• Improvement of Safety & Security for existing infrastructure and

Safety and security guidelines for new housing plans