Assessing Housing Inequalities on the Existing and Ongoing Construction of Houses in Lenana and Majengo Area of Narok Town

Mary Mwangi

Abstract: This paper presents a review of housing inequalities in Lenana Estate and Majengo in Narok town. The researcher made use of descriptive survey as a research design in this paper, data was collected using questionnaires and observation data collection methods, the data was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 25 and the results were presented in form of texts and figurers. The results indicate that although Lenana Estate and Majengo area are close to each other, there is a difference in terms of housing amenities provision. This paper forms a basis for the County Government of Narok as well as the Housing developers in understanding the current status quo in housing provision in Narok Town and therefore will be in a position to deal with the housing problems in Narok Town to the areas considered worse and also areas considered to have better amenities. The paper will also be of use to the future researchers in housing.

Keywords: Housing, Housing challenges, County Government of Narok

Edition: Volume 8 Issue 6, June 2019,

Pages: 733 - 735