The document is based on brief history of Ugandan government’s policy intervention in housing issue. It has three periods of intervention. The first period of housing policy was from 1978 -1986, The second period of housing policy was after 1986 and the third and most comprehensive period of these policies began in 1992 when National Shelter Strategy was introduced, whose overall objective was to improve housing conditions and ensure adequate shelter for all Ugandans by the year 2000.