Before the board, governmental and non-governmental agencies executed house building projects without co-ordination.

It was the first major attempt in India to provide adequate accommodation to very poor, landless agricultural labour families who had not received homesteads under the Kerala Land Reforms Act, 1963 as amended in 1969.

[5] The entire amount spent for the purchase of land and development of house-sites was received as subsidy from the Government of India.

It was proposed to construct residential flats on government land for the displaced labourers in the EWS of urban area.

KSHB was designated as the lead agency for the provision of coastal housing and re-settlement.

The Board constructed 1204 houses at Thiruvananthapuram (31), Kasaragod (270), Kannur (128), Kozhikode (567), Malappuram (208), temporary shelters at Kollam (200).

[6][8] The project is to give financial assistance for homeless EWS in urban and rural areas.

[9] In 2017 the KSHB planned to launch a special project for Non-Resident Keralites (NoRKs) employed abroad.