Housing meaning  Architects, planners and builders involved in housing  provision need to understand that the value of a house is  not merely a place to live, but should have a variety of  functions for people. Good quality housing design must be able to respond to a range of human needs.  The meaning of a house needs should be taken into account by policymakers in housing provision. Housing refers to both the physical product and the process of its attainment. Housing is perceived according to its performance and its usefulness varies with the level of comfort and hygiene it provides. The importance of people in housing is recognized not when housing complies with municipality by laws, but when people live in it and is acceptable in a community. Housing also means privacy and is an expression of ways of life, aspirations and social cultural relationships. Therefore, housing is the provision of comfortable shelter with available infrastructure, services and facilities that address people’s needs. Sarbagita metropolitan, Indonesia has large affordable housing provided by both public and private developers. In fact, the fast growing affordable housing projects have not assured the delivery of better quality of physical, infrastructure and public facilities. This paper will try to investigate the role of households as consumers and the role of developers in providing better quality low-cost housing projects in Sarbagita.