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A Stydy on Housing and Living Condition of Informal Settlement in Yangon (Case Study of Nyaung Ywar, Hlaing Tharyar Township) Wai San Thein Hlaing Thayar is the fastest growing township in Yangon in terms of both formal and informal settlement populations. The main objective of the study is to find out the housing and living condition of informal settlement at Nyaung Ywar, Hlaing Tharyar Township in Yangon Region. Primary data is collected randomly selected from 220 households through self-administered survey with structured questionnaire and secondary data is obtained various report and documents from UN-Habitat, Japan International Cooperation Agency, Yangon City Development Committee, Department of Urban and Housing Development, General Administration Department of Hlaing Tharyar Township. The highest percentage is hut house and followed by wooden house. The majority of respondents said that their widths of house is less than 400 square feet, the wall of house is used bamboo and the roof of house is iron sheet. Total houses are built by themselves and little respondents are rental housing. These people are singly units with family members and share a room is used for cooking, sleeping and living in the slum area of Hlaing Tharyar Township. Therefore, the mostly respondents want a better life for poor families as the government implements them with good housing and living condition. In addition, they want to get a public rental housing system from the slum upgrading project by government 2022-08-01 https://meral.edu.mm/records/8335