This paper examines the determinates of housing quality – a welfare issue of growing
importance in many of the under developed counties -- using the case of Ghana to add to the
body of empirical knowledge. The paper presents estimates of determinants of housing quality
using the Core Welfare Indicator Questionnaire survey. Empirical analysis based on the logistic
and ordinary least square regressions revealed that tenure, age, income, gender, marital and
employment status are significant determinants of housing quality in Ghana. Supply side policy
initiatives such as tax credits for developers of new housing and home improvement could help
increase quality affordable housing particularly in Ghana