There is a severe shortage of houses in the district. The housing facilities are inadequate and their quality is also below standard. Most of the houses are constructed with mud and unbaked bricks, without proper toilet and drainage facilities. The houses are constructed without any planning or design and without approval of the Municipal Committee. In urban areas, due to a greater increase in population and urbanization, the housing problem is becoming more acute. The streets are very narrow and without streetlights.

In rural areas the quality of the houses is even worse, with the difference that the houses are more spacious (but lack proper sewerage and sanitation facilities). Moreover the way of disposing of the solid waste is quite different in rural areas. Here, solid waste is disposed of by the family members and is eventually used as traditional manure.

According to the 1981 census, the proportion of owner occupied houses was 80% followed by rented houses 11%, and 9% rent free houses. Over the last sixteen years the proportion of rented houses has probably increased while rent free houses in urban areas no longer exist.

The 1981 census points out that 70% of the housing units were constructed using unbaked bricks and mud, while about 30% was constructed using baked bricks / stones and cement. However, it was observed that baked bricks and cement are widely used in urban areas for construction purposes.

The sources of energy for light purpose are mainly electricity and kerosene oil. In 1981 the proportion of population using electricity and kerosene oil for light purpose was 40% and 60% respectively. But due to rapid electrification of villages, it is reasonable to assume that now a greater proportion of the population is using electricity.

As far as the fuel sources for cooking are concerned; fuel wood, dried bushes, animal dung, and cylinder gas are being used. According to the 1981 census 70% was using fuel wood, 17% animal dung, 8% kerosene oil and 5% cylinder gas. It can be assumed that the percentage of cylinder gas users may have increased while the percentage of fuel wood users may have decreased due to the high price of wood and increased availability of cylinder gas. In rural areas animal dung, fuel wood and dry bushes are still major sources of energy used for cooking.

In urban areas most of the houses have a living room, toilet, kitchen, separate bathroom and a small court yard. In the rural areas the living rooms are more spacious than other rooms, the courtyard are usually very wide, small bathrooms are normally attached with a room. The toilet is without flush system, in open air.

The average number of persons per room is 3.6. Further, the percentage of households having access to piped water is 15.3. It has been observed that in Chaman Town multi-storeyed buildings are being constructed.

There is no data available to show the percentage of houses using flush systems. However, flush systems in some form are present in the urban areas. In recent years some international donor agencies have financially and technically assisted the communities in some areas of Killa Abdullah district for the improvement of sanitation, particularly the toilet system. For instance, the Government of The Netherlands is providing financial and technical assistance to the community for upgrading the existing sanitary system.