Hawassa industrial park is one of the early developed industrial parks (inaugurated on June 2016rnGC) found in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Regional State (SNNPR) of Ethiopia.rnHousing condition of Industrial park workersâ€™; The case of Hawassa Industrial ParkrnIVrnThe park is specialized in garment production, and currently has 12,600 employees of which 10,000rnare operators (low payed and nonprofessional employees) and 2,600 are professionals andrnexpatriates. The number of employees are expected to grow to 60,000 in the next five years. Mostrnworkers have come from different rural area of SNNPR. There is none enough housing provided.rnThe study focuses on housing condition of the low payed IP workers, unlike different studies madernwere related to industrial parks development economic impact and heath related issues. Itrnassessed the physical, economic and social aspect of the housing condition of industrial parkrnoperation workers and analysed the socio-economic impact of the housing condition on the lives ofrnthese workers. The study finally forwarded possible solutions to the problems identified.rnThe housing study was made on two purposively selected case sites (Adis Ketema and Dato Odahernareas of Hawassa industrial park employees living in both case study sites were interviewed andrnkey informants ; Federal , regional and Zonal officials related to the study, landlords, Hawassa cityrnadministration, SMFI, the local micro finance institution were primary data sources to get an allrnrounded data.rnThe study found out that the workers live in rental houses borderline affordable, however thernhousing scheme that is currently providing for HIP workers, aside from its inadequacy in terms ofrnnumbers has challenges of financial viability for the landlords. It also has limitations in fulfillingrnbasic physical requirement of residence. Over crowdedness and lack of privacy was noted in thesernhouses. But in spite of the poor housing quality and less services availability, large number ofrnworkers preferred to rent rooms in new expansion areas of the city: the rural neighbourhoods. Thernworkers social and economic life has also been negativity affected due to their housing condition.rnThe study finally recommended to the federal, regional and HIP system should do. Housing the IPrnworkers need supported housing development with in and on the satellite towns would share thernload. The housing development should not only be provided but must be integrated with servicesrnand infrastructures.