The concept of Green housing too often is thought to be things meant for some institutionalized facilities in upscale locations of a city or a town. It is seldom thought to be applicable to low-cost housing for the low-income populace. As such Green affordable housing for the low-income communities in developing countries to to-date remains a far-fetched dream. The reason is very simple most high-performance green building materials and techniques are too expensive and beyond the reach of the low-income communities in developing countries. In developing country settings where a vast majority of them lack even the basic services, the green building approach to tackling climate change is simply an uphill task and unaffordable also.

There is, therefore, an urgent need for meaningful research into the area of low-cost green building innovative materials and techniques so as to make it available and affordable to the vast majority of the low-income populace throughout the world. This research paper focuses on the subject of the application of low-cost innovative green building materials and techniques for improving the lives of the inhabitants in low-income housing.