The housing problem of urban poor, including the lower-middle class, has not been accorded a priority in the draft National Urban Housing and Habitat Policy 2005. The draft, prepared by Ministry of Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation, only cites statistics, but suggests no concrete solution to the problem of dwelling units for the urban poor. In Delhi alone, there is an estimated shortage of more than four lakh housing units against a lakh in 2001. By 2021, as much as 24 lakh units will be required to meet the demand.