Healthy homes can be viewed from its basic sanitary conditions, construction, and the proper behavior of their occupanb. The facts indicated that there are homes that do not have latrines, waste disposal facility, open sewerage system, windows are rarely opened, increasing the risk of disease infection and health problems to the community. The purpose of this study was to assess and determine the sanitary conditions and the behavior of occupants in Sawahpulo RW 11 at Ujung village, Semampir SuMistri@ Surabaya.Employing a descrifiive method, large sample of 92 houses were selected using a proportional random sampling. Data collection were carried out using interviews and observation sheets. Respondents in this study were housewives, that have been collected and subseguently tabulated, and discussed with reference to the Minister Regulation 829 / Menkes / SK I W / 1999 on Health Requirements for Residentialarea Resutts of the study on 92 homes showed that, 39 homes {42.3o/o) were in violation of basic sanitation facilities . Home components of 75 houses homes were not eligible (81.6010). In terms of occupant density, 35 homes (38o/o) were in violation of the standard. Regarding behavior of occupants, 90
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