Housing affordability and provision of an adequate shelter are the challenges faced by the government in the developing countries. When the phenomenal rise in population, it resulted in shortage of dwelling units of housing especially for the low and middle income group earner. This paper aims to highlight the challenges in providing affordable houses for all. The literature analysis conducted highlighted the challenges which include high cost of construction materials and technologies, constraints on available land and high land cost, large population at the urban centers and financial constraints. The paper identifies the potential technology as a solution to deliver an affordable housing system. The finding shows that there were affordable technologies which can contribute to low cost housing which are interlocking and compressed earth block, thermal insulating technology, lightweight steel framing and bamboo reinforced wall panel. As a conclusion, the planning authorities and developers should monitor and solve the issues and challenges in providing affordable house. Using the locally available raw materials will help to reduce the construction cost. The affordable house technology may reduce the building construction costs and plays the vital role in increasing the house ownership.
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