In the capital cih) of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, housing problem have beenrnconsidered a critical issue where about 300,000 houses need to be constructed tornreduce the pressing shortage of houses. Besides, 35,000-40,000 houses have to bernbuilt each year for new families in need of homes. In order to reduce the existingrnhuge housing backlogs, the Cih) Administration, in collaboration with GTZ hadrnlaunched a Grand Housing Development Program since 2003. Since then 32,388rncondominium housing have been constructed out of which 2,111 were transferred tornbeneficiaries and 1895 condominium housing units have already been occupied byrnresidents.rnThe study sites, where residents found in, have been categorized in to BoleGerjirnmodel housing units, 1st phase GTZ constructed housing units and HousingrnDevelopment Project Office (HDPO) constructed housing units. In connection withrnsocia-economic composition:- Sex, Age, Marital status, Educational level,rnOccupation and Household head monthly income have been discussed.rnThe socio-economic composition of residents varies from site to site andrnparticularly the household heads monthly income ranges from less than 300 to morernthan 2000. In the discussion of housing acquisition of residents the study indicatedrnthat all of the GTZ and 96.4% of HDPO housing unit residents have given priorih)rnto get the house, where as in the case of Bole-Gerji model housing unit residents, onlyrn32.1 % of them have got priority. On the other hand, while locationally all sites arernfound to be suitable, issues on housing qualih) particularly locking devices of exteriorrndoors, stair case safeh), wall structure and electrical and sanitary facilities arernreported as the major problems faced by residents, although the degree of technicalrndefect varies from site to site. And finally performance of Housing Transfer Officernparticularly on the internalization and announcement of the rules and regulations ofrnhousing transfer clearly stated in the proclamation No. 19/2005 to cih) residents inrngeneral and condominium housing beneficiaries in particular is not encouraging.rnMoreover, the formulated rules and regulations to cam) out the housing transferrnactivities are not complete. And these rules and regulations are not strictly followedrnby the condominium housing beneficiaries.