| dc.description.abstract | The development of commercial and industrial
activities in the larger towns has brought large
aggregation of all types of people in towns. However,
since the main objective of this rural-urban drift is to
acquire a job, the low income earners, simply referred to
as the poor, are the majority. This aggregation has in
turn created social, hygienic and economic problems which
are increasingly becoming acute. At the root of these
problems, the major one is housing. The evil effects of
bad housing and inadequate housing can scarcely be
exaggerated. The physical, moral and mental consequences
of slum conditions are.vastly expensive to the community
as a whole in terms of human suffering, sicknesses and
death, impaired efficiency and on the lowest level hard
cash.
The study focused on the housing conditions among
the Thika's low income earners. The case of Thika as per
the research findings,was observed to follow the same
trend as of any other town as far as housing is concerned.
The aim of the study was to find out whether services and
requirements related to shelter have been achieved and
the data analysis in chapter three showed that housing
conditions are poor among the poor people of Thika town.
The issue then is, who is responsible for these poor
people's housing after all is said and done? | |
