The government role in housing in libya during the period 1970: 2000

Governments around the world play an important role in all economic activities; perhaps housing is the most important sector which the government have to take care of. In Libya ambitious plans for economic development showed considerable concentration on the housing sector, The Government earmarked huge amount of money for housing. Also, thousands of units of public housing was built in the1970s, and allocated to people. Loans for housing became easier. During the 1980s, however the housing sector was distinguished by stagnation, reduced the government participation, and the private sector stopped participating completely. As a result of stagnation, housing shortages appeared, the Libyan authorities attempted to play a role in restricting the housing shortage and encouraging the private sector to participate in preventing the aggravation of the housing shortage. This paper attempts to evaluate the role of Libyan government in the housing construction industry during the period 1970 - 2000. This is done by Survey of laws, and housing policies, and comparing targets of those policies with the actually executed houses. The paper concludes with an evaluation of the activity of the Libyan Government in the housing sector.