DEVELOPMENT POLICIES IN ALGERIA TO ELIMINATE THE HOUSING CRISIS

Abstract

Nowadays, Algeria is experiencing the housing crisis that is getting worse with demographic growth. According to the recent statistics which indicate that the population of Algeria is constantly increasing. This increase required to think about policies and projects to cover the deficit that cities are suffering to decrease the volume of needs related to space, housing, and other various facilities at the city level.

Considering that the establishment of “new cities” is one of the solutions pursued by most countries in order to eliminate the housing crisis, this political trend is evident in the path of many developed countries through their experiences in the field of establishing new cities...

In Algeria, the establishment of new cities was a political choice imposed by the unbalanced urban conditions and the stifling housing crisis. However, the many problems that Algeria suffers from hinder for instance; projects, especially the problems related to natural growth and migration towards cities.(1)

What is the reality of the new cities in Algeria? Was the state able to eliminate the housing crisis by establishing new cities?