This article is a continuation of the previous paper concerning research on self-help piecemeal housing construction in Dhaka city, Bangladesh^*1). The aim of this paper is to develop a theoretical framework and to demonstrate different forms of small-scale (household) landlordism in middle income settlements. The survey testifies that there is a clear continuum in the scale of construction for rent which categories into different types of landlords who used to construct apartments adopting piecemeal construction technique and their landlordism nature is dynamic. Only 9% landlord households are providing housing for 91% households who are tenants. Of them, intermediate landlords are providing 73% rental accommodation and playing the greatest role in creating shelter for city's tenants.