Housing poverty is one of the most prominent features of the developing countries. In this
regard, Lorestan Province is one of the poorest provinces of Iran with many vulnerable
and informal houses. About 2/5 of the urban population of this province are dwelling in
non-enduring and deprived neighborhoods that lack suitable inter-biological spaces.
Accordingly, this article tries to evaluate housing for income deciles and the conditions of
households in the urban areas of the province.A descriptive-analytic methodology is used
in this study and it is carried out in an applied manner. Based on the data of Statistical
Center of Iran, the last official census of Iran attempted to estimate the housing condition
of income deciles. The results of this study reveal that the mean building area of the
residential units belonging to the first to the tenth deciles for the years from 1996 to 2006
showed fluctuations over different urban areas in the province. The mean building area
belonging to the first deciles, as the lowest deciles in the society has increased from 57.9
m² from 1996 to 82.7 m². Unlikely, this has decreased for the tenth deciles from 139.5 m²
to 122.1 m². The house ownership rate has decreased in the urban areas of the province
from 54.5% to 50% during the period of 1996 to 2006. This percentage has remarkably
decreased for the second deciles from 86.4% in 1996 to 34.5% in 2006. And so, this
percentage has increased for the third deciles, decreased for the fourth deciles, increased
for the fifth, the sixth and the seventh deciles and decreased for the higher deciles of the
society