Abstract:
The central focus of this paper isassessing the contributing factors of the informal
settlement in Jimma city, Ethiopia. Informal urban land settlement is socially, politically
and economically growing problem in Ethiopia. Informal land settlement is usually
referred to residential areas where a group of housing units have been constructed on
land to which the occupants have no legal claim, or which they occupy illegally. They are
characterized mostly by the low quality houses and the lack of, or inadequate
infrastructure and social services. This paper employeda descriptive research design and
mixed research methodology. From a total of 1219 target population in the two kebeles ,
a sample size of 171 representatives have been determined for the specific study based on
Purposive sampling technique.so It propose three steps: (1) collect information through
questionnaire interviews, analyzing documents and field observation on the internal and
external factors of informal settlements, (2) incorporate the collected data and models to
analysis data, and (3) suggest the recommendation for improving effective land
administration system with respect to informal settlements. As a finding, the problem of
informal settlements in Jimmacity has been attributed to deficits in housing supply, high
home rent and expensive land tender price. The final result shows that the selected study
areas in this study are established on agricultural land informally purchased from
farmers. The causes of such squatting activities are population growth, inefficient land
provision, the high cost of urban living standard, and illegal land grabbing by urban
speculators. Migration is one reason for population growth which is forced because of
shortage of rural agricultural land. Informal settlements in the city could cause
environmental deterioration, social distress, economic destruction (fire), and urban
violence. Finally the researcher recommends that, the implementation of good land
administration model is appropriate to reduce the major constraints
