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Housing for India’s low-Income urban households: a demand perspective

Housing, particularly for low income urban households, is a long-standing challenge in India. In 2012, 96 per cent of the all India urban housing shortage of 18.78 million was confined to low-income economic groups. This study empirically examines three facets of urban India’s housing demand using the latest available nationally representative household data on housing conditions.