Planning and Development Research

ABSTRACT Employees housing is a major subsystem of housing sector in city scale. In Dhaka , extreme shortage of housing is followed by shortage of land, whereas in Khulna city the situation is not so critical due to the low demand and value of land. Being an administrative head quarter and industrial city Khulna city has potential demand for employees housing to accommodate the employees. In Khulna city employees housing occupies only 1.92% of total housing stock whereas the total employees both in public and private sector are 14.0%. Regarding the aspect, capital is being invested in employees housing sub-sector so there is the urge to create the effective demand of this sub-sector.  But in Khulna city the demand for employees housing is not in the potential level from employee’s perspective. There are some inevitable factors like location in terms of transport cost for daily necessities, rent, living environment and floor space influences the demand of employees housing.

Chapter – One: Introduction 1.1 Introduction Bangladesh is a country of third world. It has a huge population against limited land like other third world countries. Natural increase of population, in migration, and unplanned development create the housing shortage in urban areas of Bangladesh . This problem is clearly unfavorable for rapid development. The effort of governments and the urban authorities in terms resource, capabilities and initiatives are highly inadequate to face the challenge. Khulna City Corporation has 15-lakh people within the area of 14 square miles. In a report of Asian Development Bank 1991, it was observed that about 54 thousand people live in 54 slums in Khulna city in KCC area. Now more than 2 lakh people are slum dwellers. On the other hand 50% population of Khulna City lives as tenants. Khulna Development Authority is responsible to supply plots among the city dwellers of varies income groups under site and services projects. However the lower

1.1 Background of the study Housing is one of the basic needs of man after food and clothing. It provides shelter, safety and a sense of belonging to the owner. It also provides privacy, promotes health and comforts, and provides a basis for employment and income generation. More over a planned and well-designed house provides a favorable environment for human resource development. Housing means not only a structure but also a combination of both structure and infrastructure and services needed for living. Today, there is an acute housing crisis in the country, in the rural as well as in the urban areas. From the very beginning of human civilization people used to build shelter, which later turned today’s residence. Modern human civilizations justify residence in different points of view, such as the location, design, orientation, accessibility, environmental feasibility, services facilities etc. Khulna is well known as an industrial as well as divisional city of Banglade