The main purpose of this study was to investigate the challenges of housing development for the low income population in Kenya. The objectives of the study were; to identify the motivation behind the players in the housing industry, to analyze the methods of housing provision by existing housing developers for the low income market, to examine the challenges faced by housing developers in the low income market and hindrances to their efforts, to evaluate the challenges faced by low income people in accessing housing and to consider how best to manage the challenges identified so as to increase rate of housing provision. Random stratified sampling was employed to obtain a reasonable sample size for administering questionnaires. Sample size of 100 was used due to financial and time constraints. This means that the researcher sampled 20 residents from the five estates, 20 from housing developers, 20 from housing financiers, 20 from ministry of housing employees and 20 from other related departments. The tools that were used included notebooks, questionnaires, camera and pens. The questionnaires were used to gather information directly from sampled respondents. The questionnaires had both open-ended and closed ended questions.