The post-war years to the present day (1945-today): At the end of the war, the city was in a state of stagnation. The population had fallen to the level of 1936, and the reconstruction of the whole country of necessity took precedence over that of Paris until 1949. There was a latent housing crisis up to 1954, because the stock of buildings had aged during the war and the population grew by 600,000 between 1946 and 1954. In 1954 was launched the great reconstruction of low-cost housing, from now on called HLM (Habitations a Loyer Modéré) in the inner suburbs. In size the project was comparable with that of Haussmann and completed his work because he had done nothing for popular housing or for the suburbs. Meanwhile, it was in the 60`s that Paris took on the appearance of an international metropolis. On 6th August 1960 the Master-Plan for the general planning and organisation of the Paris region was adopted (known as the PADOG), followed by the Schéma Directeur in 1965. These plans limited the administrative region of Paris, and provided for the construction of main routes, the establishment of administrative and business centres and they designated zones where major facilities should be constructed as a priority. Eight towns in the Paris Region's were created or developed to serve to structure the region.

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