Over decades, the housing sector in Yemen has suffered from housing supply shortages and the inability to meet the households’ housing demands. Since the Unification of Northern and Southern territories of Yemen in the 1990s, the issue of housing affordability has become a major concern in the growing urban sectors of the Yemeni cities including Aden. While, before Unification, the people in Aden utilized public welfare housing where only they paid a nominal rent for their housing. The people were unaccustomed to a home purchase. After Unification, however, the government discontinued the welfare housing system, and the private sector dominated the housing service provision market. This paper aims to investigate the residents’ perception of the affordability of housing provided by the private sector, and the extent to which the private housing schemes are able to meet the housing needs of Aden (the economic and commercial capital of Yemen) population. A questionnaire survey was conducted.