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1/5/2012<br />

<strong>National</strong> Home need.<br />

‣Sri Lanka’s population as at 2010 –<br />

20.6 million or roughly 5.36 million<br />

households nationwide.<br />

‣Thus the national housing need is<br />

approximately 5.36 million units.<br />

( Estimated based on CBSL 2009 annual report and World bank<br />

report on housing finance 2007)<br />

<strong>National</strong> Housing Stock<br />

‣<strong>National</strong> Housing need is currently<br />

counterbalanced by approximately<br />

4.71 million existing housing units.<br />

> About 1/3 of existing stock , is<br />

estimated to require substantial<br />

upgrading or rehabilitation as well as<br />

better public service. Particularly in<br />

the North and East.<br />

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