Designing housing policies and programmes requires a careful estimation of household affordability and demand for housing. The efficiency of housing subsidies would depend on price elasticities of housing demand. Different households have different perceptions of housing demand based on their...

Housing policy formulation should be informed by a careful understanding of the behaviour of the urban housing market, as reflected by housing demand behaviour. Such basic information is important, not only for improved project design but also for the development of better sector-wide policies....

The construction sector accounts for the highest share (17%) of CO2 emissions by final demand in the Indian economy because it uses highly energy-intensive materials and the need for shelters is very high. This sector is highly vulnerable to changes in pricing structure. Various construction...