A Study of Urban Poor and Accessibility to Public Housing in Nigeria
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A Study of Urban Poor and Accessibility to Public Housing in Nigeria
ABSTRACT
The urban poor’s housing status is a major worry in Nigeria, as it is in the majority of less developed countries. However, as studies have shown, the housing crisis is global, with almost every country struggling to provide appropriate housing for their inhabitants.
In Nigeria’s metropolitan centres, the situation has deteriorated to the point where about 75 percent of the population lives in slums and in deplorable living circumstances. The issue of the urban poor has not been fully addressed, despite government housing supply efforts and private sector participation.
Chapter one
1.0 Introduction and Background for the Study
1.1 Introduction
Housing is crucial to human existence because it ranks as a mirage and must be addressed. Olotuah is one of the three most basic human wants. Its clause (2009) said that the price differential has always been of tremendous importance to man.
As a unit of the quantity of housing on the one hand and the number of environments housing has a profound influence on the number of households and the money available to them to pay for health, efficiency, social behaviour, satisfaction, and these prices on the other, constitutes the central problem of the community’s overall welfare.
It is a reflection of the house. The price at which houses are sold in the market reflects a society’s cultural, social, and economic values, and it goes a long way towards determining affordability. Where the unit containing the best historical evidences of civilisation has an excessively high cost of dwellings.
According to Okupe, the country is highly important since housing is a stimulant of the Windapo, reducing the gap between income and housing costs in the national economy. Housing is a set of long-lasting assets.
Housing distribution is a highly contentious and politicised topic in Nigeria, causing tremendous worry among officials, experts, and the general public.
In recent decades, the influx of people into cities, natural population growth, and inadequate government responses have all contributed to the country’s deteriorating housing situation, to the point where economic development and citizen welfare have suffered.
These issues are particularly acute in cities, where there are significant housing supply deficiencies, poor housing conditions, high housing costs, and the growth of slums and squatter settlements.
Despite a variety of new laws, programs, and strategies implemented by the public and private sectors to address the housing crisis, it continues to worsen in many developing countries.
The majority of persons in need of housing in many developing countries in Africa, Asia, and South America are low-income, and others require special housing programs to afford good home.
Because market solutions and money may not be appropriate for housing this population, and given the critical role housing plays in any nation’s socioeconomic and political growth, governments in these countries have long engaged in public housing provision.
In light of the foregoing, the paper explores the urban poor’s access to public housing in Nigeria, utilising Ijora-Badia, Lagos State, as a case study.
1.2 Statement of the Problem
In Nigeria, as in many other developing countries around the world, housing issues are multifaceted. The difficulties of population growth, the continual influx of people from rural to urban areas, and a lack of basic infrastructure essential for a reasonable level of living have exacerbated housing problems throughout time.
A number of difficulties impede the provision of housing for Nigeria’s urban poor. These issues include rapid urbanisation and population increase, a lack of appropriate monitoring and assessment of public housing policies and programs, limited access to land and other housing inputs, and the high cost of imported building materials, among others.
As a result, public housing in Nigeria has been chastised for failing to develop tangible and long-term housing production, distribution, and purchase systems to fulfil rising housing demand, particularly among low-income earners.
1.3 Aim and Objectives
The study’s goal is to investigate the urban poor’s access to public housing in Nigeria.
The aims for achieving the stated goal were as follows:
To investigate the utilisation of local building materials as an affordable solution to shelter the urban poor in the research region.
To investigate the housing challenges and needs of low-income earners, activities of private developers in housing provision in the research area.
Review the public sector’s intervention in housing in the study area.
Critically assess the influence on the broader population, especially the urban poor.
1.4 Research Methodology
Data for the study will come from both primary and secondary sources. Primary sources include administering a well-structured questionnaire, conducting interviews with respondents, and personally seeing the research.
Meanwhile, secondary data will be gathered from academic and professional journals, the internet, textbooks, and other resources.
1.5 SCOPE OF STUDY.
This study examines the urban poor’s access to public-sector housing. Over the years, the government has shown some disregard in providing housing for the urban poor.
In most cases, residences created by government housing organisations appear to be unaffordable to low-income individuals, rendering the government’s efforts to provide housing unfeasible. The focus of this study is thus restricted to the Ijora Badia axis of Lagos State, where access to quality housing is found to be lacking.
1.6 Limitations to the Study
In a study of this sort, one is sure to confront a number of obstacles in gathering the necessary data to satisfy the desired standard. Of course, the research used both primary and secondary data, but there were certain issues encountered.
These include budgetary and timing restrictions. Other major concerns that cannot be overstated include the high expense of transportation incurred while collecting data.
1.7 Significance of Study
This study will be beneficial to many areas of the economy because little research has been conducted in this area. Thus, government entities responsible for housing provision will benefit from this study since it will highlight the bottlenecks linked with the failure of government housing delivery programs.
In addition, the general public will be informed on why government programs and policies aimed at providing affordable housing frequently fail to materialise.
Finally, students researching a related issue will find this study valuable as a source of information for their write-up.
1.8 Definition of Terms
1.8.1 PUBLIC HOUSING: Public housing can be a type of housing tenure in which the property is owned by a government entity, either central or local.
Social housing is a broad word that refers to rental housing owned and maintained by the state, non-profit organisations, or a combination of the two, with the goal of providing inexpensive accommodation.
Social housing might be viewed as a potential solution to housing inequality. Some social housing organisations build for purchase, particularly in Spain and to a lesser extent abroad.
Although the unifying purpose of public housing is to offer inexpensive housing, the specifics, language, definitions of poverty, and other distribution factors varies between situations.
1.8.2 ACCESSIBILITY: Accessibility is the design of products, equipment, services, or places to accommodate individuals with disabilities.[1] The notion of accessible design and the practice of accessible development provide both “direct access” (unassisted) and “indirect access,” which refers to compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers).
Accessibility can be defined as the “ability to access” and benefit from a system or organisation. The notion focusses on providing access for people with disabilities or special needs, as well as through the use of assistive technology; nonetheless, accessibility research and development benefits everyone.
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