Bangladesh Housing demand and Housing supply

This document is about the position of supply and demand of housing in Bangladesh. Bangladesh’s housing market is characterized by a surplus of upper echelon housing stock and an acute shortage of affordable housing for the great majority of middle and lower-income population groups. Estimates suggest a shortage of about 5 million houses in Bangladesh. The housing needs of lower-middle and lower-income groups are considerable and remain largely unfulfilled. There is considerable demand for moderately priced houses between Tk 600,000 to 1,000,000, but supply of these categories of dwellings is almost nonexistent, due to high land prices in downtown areas of metropolitan cities, particularly in Dhaka city.