Policy measures of governments toward addressing urban housing provisions seem to neglect the urban poor, especially in Nigeria. Presently, the world population estimated at 50% urban is aggravated by rural-urban migration. This is true of Enugu city in Nigeria, where urban housing challenges affect the poor residents. Enugu is one of the major Christian populaces in Nigeria where the Catholic Church is conspicuously a fulcrum for socioeconomic attractions. This makes it imperative for the Catholic Church to be involved in addressing pro-poor housing challenges. This study therefore examined urban public housing provision in Enugu metropolis with a view to determine pro-poor housing policy delivery involving the Catholic Church. Mixed research method was adopted. Interviews and observations were conducted randomly within the identified 23 informal/slum or squatter settlements adjourning the 18 formal neighborhoods of Enugu metropolis while the social inclusion theory formed the basis of the study. Findings showed that the identified 118 Catholic parishes also canonically engage in socioeconomic development of the neighborhoods as the available public housing provisions in Enugu were skewed away from the urban majority who are low-income earners. This indicates poor government attention to the housing needs of low-income households who resort to informal/squatter settlements. This article therefore recommends Catholic Church-Government collaboration toward inclusive, holistic, and proactive pro-poor housing delivery in Enugu. Effective utilization of housing cooperative societies, as well as a single-digit interest loan package for housing finance, was also recommended for the Government-Church collaboration to achieve inclusive social housing delivery in the city.

政府解决城市住房问题的政策措施似乎忽视了城市贫民，尤其是在尼日利亚。目前，估计有 50% 的世界人口城市人口因农村向城市迁移而加剧。尼日利亚的埃努古市就是如此，那里的城市住房挑战影响到贫困居民。埃努古是尼日利亚主要的基督徒群体之一，在那里，天主教会显然是社会经济吸引力的支点。这使得天主教会必须参与解决有利于穷人的住房挑战。因此，本研究调查了埃努古大都市的城市公共住房供应，以确定天主教会参与的扶贫住房政策。采用混合研究方法。访谈和观察是在确定的 23 个非正式/贫民窟或棚户区中随机进行的，这些定居点毗邻埃努古大都市的 18 个正式社区，而社会包容理论构成了研究的基础。调查结果表明，确定的 118 个天主教堂区也规范地参与了社区的社会经济发展，因为埃努古的可用公共住房供应偏离了城市中的低收入者占多数。这表明政府对求助于非正规/棚户区的低收入家庭的住房需求关注不足。因此，本文建议天主教会与政府合作，在埃努古实现包容性、整体性和积极的扶贫住房交付。有效利用住房合作社，