Explain Why There Is A Need To Redesign UET Housing

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Redesigning of UET Housing
What is Housing?
Housing is often called shelter and in some societies this is literally all that housing provides. It is generally referring to the social problem of ensuring that members of society have a home in which to live, whether this is a house, or some other kind of dwelling etc. It is reasonably adequate in standard and location.
Why there is a need to redesign UET Housing?
First of all, the housing in UET is very old and there is a large need to redesign the housing properly through a plan. Also the structure of the housing units is very old. There is a large number of negative space in the housing units that can be utilized for the proper housing. Due to the increase in

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