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Item A STUDY OF LAND SPECULATION OF LOW-INCOME PLOTS OF APPROVED PRIVATE HOUSING SCHEMES IN LAHORE(UMT Lahore, 2019) MUHAMMAD SALMANItem Assessment of infrastructure facilities in public low income housing scheme(UMT Lahore, 2019) ZUNAIRA ZAFARUrbanization has emerged because of the intensification of the population in most cities of the world. Lahore, being the fourteenth most populous city of the world, has gone through major physical spatial expansion due to a continuous population increase. The study is an attempt to find out an answer to the issues of the provision of infrastructural facilities in Wafaqi colony a public low-income housing scheme of Lahore. When housing and urbanization problems are linked, a critical problem emerges in providing housing for the urban poor, and the debate has changed over whether to deplore urban housing due to the mushrooming of slums where living conditions are very low and sanitation is almost non-existent due to which infectious diseases are spreading. Housing Satisfaction assessments have formed the basis of housing improvements aimed at enhancing residents’ quality of life and to shape the factors worsening housing quality by fair distribution of resources across all income levels. Measuring the satisfaction level of residents is an important indicator for the present and future success of any housing scheme. Residents’ concerns and opinions can be used to assess the quality of low-income housing and as a benchmark to quality improvement. ii To find the solution to such questions it was therefore essential to analyze the existing conditions of infrastructure facilities in the colony and to study the satisfaction level of residents. The study mainly focused on the information obtained through available literature and data collected through physical surveys to assess these parameters. Residential neighborhood analysis was done to determine residents ' level of satisfaction. Yeh, S.H.K. Homes for the people: a study of tenants’ views on public housing in Singapore has been used for measuring the level of satisfaction. The findings suggest that a proper systemic process for infrastructure provision in low-income housing schemes is urgently needed. The concerned officials of the colony should develop monitoring systems for the continuous evaluation and assessment of the infrastructure.Item An Analysis of Housing Microfinance Institutions in Pakistan Contributing Towards Women Empowerment(UMT Lahore, 2019) JAVERIA HASAN