Social Housing Systems

The assertion made by Kaufman (2003); ‘Safe affordable housing is a basic necessity for every family. Without a decent place to live people cannot be productive members of society children cannot learn and families cannot thrive’. This assertion motivated the researcher to make a clear cut clarification on social housing systems as being considered as affordable housing provided for people who cannot afford housing above the market rate. Social housing systems are structures provided for individuals who have disabilities or specific medical needs elderly persons single parents individuals living in unsanitary or overcrowded housing large or young family with dependent children migrants refugees or asylum seekers legally classified as homeless (or threatened with homelessness). The study used secondary data throughout the research. Authors’ works on social housing systems have been presented in a logical and sequential fashion to make the understanding of social housing very easy.