There is on ongoing debole whelher Ihe Iriol being made by Ihe Ethiopian Governmenl lornprovide housing for Ihe poor Ihrough Ihe program called Ihe JI-IDP ( Ihe IntegratedrnHousing Development program) is reaching the target, the urban poor, or nOI. Thisrnresearch, hence, tries to shed some light on how the alJordobility ()f these housing units isrndetel'lnined and what factors lie behind it. Thus, if i~found in this research fhatthere (IrernsOllie socioeconomic foc/ors thai are portly responsible in the determinolion of thisrnimportanl cuncepl, allordobilily. As per the findings of Ihis research, foclors like thernllOusellO/d wll'ing, Iype oj' occupalion ()j'lhe household head, availability oj' eXlernalrnSOflrce oj'./illollce, andjinishing and relaled COSIS are found 10 be having the upper handrnill delel'lilining alliJrdahilily ()j'lhese housing unils. Hie research also allempls 10 see howrnthis Iriolto 11Ioke Ihe hOllsing units ojIordable is a/lecting its quality. Hence, it isjiJundrn11l1It the lour indices oI quality show varying results but they all demonstrate a fall inrnqualilY 10 some exlenl. It is acceplahle Ihat sllch massive inlerventions Ihat aim alrnIJI'Ol'iding hOflsesfar Ihe flrhan poor may nul necessarily fidjill all Ihe measflres oj' qualilyrneven {{/ Ihe Elh iopion context. However, as we are building lor the future, at least somernareas shall be reserved so thai services can be provided when Ihe abililY comes and Ihernneed arises. But suchforward looking planning mechanisms are sometimes missingfi'omrnpm/ecls ,!'hich 111ay lead inlo p roblems inlhejillflre lillie