Eighty-three per minute, 120 in a day, 44 million a year.
Those are the number of people flocking to already densely populated cities in Asia and the Pacific, creating a shelter demand of more than 7 million annually — demand that is only likely to grow further given the region’s rapid rate of urbanization.
But mass housing has not been able to keep pace with demand, due in part to its politicized natures, especially in the local context.