_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: Email: ekiganda@kafuco.ac.ke, eovamba@yahoo.com; South Asian Journal of Social Studies and Economics 8(2): 14-23, 2020; Article no.SAJSSE.60816 ISSN: 2581-821X Affordable Housing in the Wake of Global Pandemics: A Reality or a Mirage the Kenyan Perspective? Evans Ovamba Kiganda 1* and Paul Mbiti Shavulimo 2 1 Department of Economics, Kaimosi Friends University College (KAFUCO), Kenya. 2 Department of Finance and Accounting, Kaimosi Friends University College (KAFUCO), Kenya. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration between both authors. Author EOK designed the study Authors EOK and PMS performed the statistical analysis, wrote the protocol, wrote the manuscript, managed the analyses of the study and managed the literature searches. Both authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/SAJSSE/2020/v8i230206 Editor(s): (1) Dr. Velan Kunjuraman, University Malaysia Kelantan, Malaysia. (2) Dr. Silvius Stanciu, "Dunarea de Jos" University of Galati, Romania. (3) Dr. John M. Polimeni, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, New York, USA. Reviewers: (1) Atanu Bose, LJD Law College, India. (2) Dr. Parag Govardhan Narkhede, University of Pune, India. (3) Alex Abelardo Pacheco Pumaleque, Universidad Nacional de Cañete, Peru. Complete Peer review History: http://www.sdiarticle4.com/review-history/60816 Received 20 July 2020 Accepted 26 September 2020 Published 21 October 2020 ABSTRACT Aim: This was an investigative study on affordable housing in the wake of global pandemics: A reality or a mirage the Kenyan perspective? 22 % of Kenyans stay in towns and the inhabitants in these cities continue to grow at the rate of 4.2 % annually. This growth rate has outstripped the supply of housing units built. For instance, Nairobi needs a minimum of 120,000 new houses per annually to satisfy the demand but a paltry 35,000 units are constructed annually. The excess demand is likely to continue pushing the housing prices beyond the reach of many Kenyans. Studies conducted in Kenya on housing prices focused on non-macroeconomic determinants and more importantly none of the studies globally envisaged how global pandemics can influence housing prices. Therefore, the influence of global pandemics like Corona Virus Disease (COVID- 19) and macroeconomic factors on housing prices in Kenya remains unknown. Study Design: Correlational research design. Original Research Article