56 5- Address increased demand on housing through medium and long-term plans that take account of the current deficit as well as normal population growth needs together with replacement and compensation conditions in terms of housing stock. 6- Design cities taking into consideration the culture, customs and traditions and living conditions of the Libyan people as well as the number of family members depending on the environment and available potential. 7- Broaden the scope of cost-reducing studies to cover all related aspects without any additions or margins on housing cost that may cause it to grow higher. Housing should also be treated as a subsidized commodity that is tax and charge-exempt. 8- Draw up a plan recommending dependence on the national element in housing construction and boosting national companies and the private sector. The plan underlines sustainable rehabilitation and training programs for national manpower on re-planning basis to ensure promotion of the building and construction activity. 9- Encourage creditworthy public and private companies to provide infrastructure and public utilities to proposed plots and prepare them for building construction and either sell them as ready- for-construction plots or build on them for investment purposes. 10- Reactivate cooperative housing activity and support housing societies by designating lands suitable for construction and securing necessary funds for loaning their candidate owners. 11- Motivate the private sector and individuals and enhance their role in implementing some of the housing plan targets through creation of a suitable environment for carrying out real estate and housing investment activities. 12- Allot and register lands suitable for construction for investment companies in the field of housing and sort out the percentage of their contribution to the financing and implementation of public benefit networks in observance of conditions of remote areas.