pune the city is expected to witness a 40 shortfall in the supply of housing units by the end of 2018 while it would require an additional 191200 housing units the supply is likely to be around 77500 units said a study conducted by global real estate consultancy firm cushman wakefield cw on monday of the total demand majority 46 is likely to arise in the middle income group mig followed by 33 in the lower income group lig and 21 in the higher income group hig said a cushman wakefield report on monday according to the study the total housing demand in the country is expected to rise to 13 million units by the end of 2018 indias top eight cities including pune mumbai ahmedabad bengaluru chennai delhincr hyderabad and kolkata will contribute 23 per cent or 265 million units to the total demand for urban housing the study said the total demand for urban housing in india is expected to rise to 13 million units by the end of 2018 on account of the burgeoning population in urban areas a study by global real estate consultancy cushman wakefield cw has said this would be in addition to the already existing unmet demand and the total additional demand 23 or 295 mn units will come from the countrys top 8 cities including pune the study said the study stated that 80 per cent of the additional demand for homes in these eight cities will come from the middle income group mig and lower income group lig in pune majority of the supply 72 is planned in the mig however there is likely to be a significant demandsupply gap 60 shortfall for the lig which needs to be addressed by developing relevant housing units the study said adding that the expected supply of residential units including under construction and planned pipeline is estimated to be 131 million units which would be delivered across the top eight cities by the end of 2018 delhincr is likely to have the highest supply of around 516000 units delivered in the next five years followed by bengaluru with around 243000 units and mumbai with 203000 units the study observed until 2018 the expected supply in the lig will be approximately 21 per cent of the total supply across top eight cities whilst demand constitutes 58 per cent share of the cumulative demandsupply gap delhincr kolkata mumbai and pune are expected to witness the highest shortfall in lig units the mig accounts for 59 per cent of the total supply across top eight cities whilst it has a 23 per cent share in cumulative demandsupply gap cities such as ahmedabad bengaluru and mumbai are expected to lead the ranks of those with the shortfall of housing units catering to mig hig accounts for only 19 per cent of the total supply across top eight cities and has a 20 per cent share in cumulative demandsupply gap bengaluru chennai and delhincr are