Every human being anywhere needs a place to live called a house. The house serves as a place to let go of tiredness, where to hang out and foster a sense of kinship among family members, shelter and store of valuables, and the home is also a social symbol status.
Housing is a basic human need and is also a determinant of public health. Therefore, housing procurement is a complex fundamental objective and the availability of housing standards is an important issue of public health. Adequate housing for shelter should meet health requirements so that residents stay healthy. Healthy housing can not be separated from the availability of related infrastructure and advice, such as water supply, sanitation of garbage disposal, transportation, and the availability of social services.
The house is a physical structure consisting of the room, the yard and the surrounding area used as a residence and the means of fostering the family, the house is the physical structure or building for shelter, where the environment is useful for physical and spiritual health as well as the social conditions both for the health of the family and the individual.
Thus it can be said that a healthy house is a shelter and rest buildings and as a means of fostering a family that fosters a healthy life physically, mentally and socially, so that all family members can work productively. Therefore, the existence of healthy housing, safe, harmonious, regularly is necessary for the function and usefulness of the house can be met properly.