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| Assessment of Performance of States on Housing Policy and Delivery In Nigeria
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Ogundiran A.A, Arowolo B.E, Moradeyo O.S, Shittu I.B
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Abstract:
This study assess the performance of states on housing policy and delivery in Nigeria and quest for solving socio-economic problems distorting the realization of these policies. The study made used of a survey research method and 50 respondents who were employees of the Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, State Housing Corporation, State Ministry of Land, Oyo State were selected using purposive sampling technique. The finding of the study revealed that the level of privacy in the housing units was identified as the most adequate housing unit attributes. The result also revealed that the respondents ranked the housing unit attributes highest and the provision of neighbourhood facilities lowest in the housing adequacy scale. Findings also showed that majority (53.97%) of the respondents were dissatisfied, while small fraction (9.09%) of the respondents were satisfied with housing in all the nine housing estates sampled. The result also shows that most of the respondents were satisfied with the housing unit attributes and estate management but were least satisfied with location of neighbourhood facilities. Also, larger percentage of respondents with 48.55% felt that corrupt administrative practices are responsible for failed housing policy implementation, 36.94% of the sampled respondents said it is insufficient funding, 8.12% of the respondent said it is lack of access to credit facility, while 5.42% and 0.97% of the respondents sampled said it is low quality of building and poverty respectively. The study recommends that government and relevant housing authorities should make provision for cheap and affordable housing units for its citizens.
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