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HOUSING SUSTAINABILITY IN NIGERIA: A MIRAGE OR REALITY
Housing is one of those fundamental social conditions that determine not only the quality of life and welfare of people but also that of places. It follows that where homes are located, how well designed and built, and how well they are woven into the environmental, social, cultural and economic fabric of communities are factors that, affect both the present and future generations. To this end, the position of Nigeria in relation to housing sustainability was examined through the self-administration of one hundred wellstructured questionnaires to the participants at the 2013 Conference/Annual General Meeting of the Nigerian Institute of Building. Housing sustainability parameters such as empowerment of poor communities, reform unsustainable policies and legislation that constrain the provision of sustainable housing, consideration of women relationship with housing, beneficial policies and legislation for the low income earners and availability of mortgage instruments for the low income earners had mean scores of 1.54, 1.74, 1.89, 1.89 and 1.90 respectively. The implication of this is that Nigeria as a country has not shown enough commitment in this direction. All stakeholders must therefore be alive to their responsibilities so that the housing sustainability position of Nigeria could be improved significantly in the nearest future.
HOUSING SUSTAINABILITY IN NIGERIA: A MIRAGE OR REALITY
Housing is one of those fundamental social conditions that determine not only the quality of life and welfare of people but also that of places. It follows that where homes are located, how well designed and built, and how well they are woven into the environmental, social, cultural and economic fabric of communities are factors that, affect both the present and future generations. To this end, the position of Nigeria in relation to housing sustainability was examined through the self-administration of one hundred wellstructured questionnaires to the participants at the 2013 Conference/Annual General Meeting of the Nigerian Institute of Building. Housing sustainability parameters such as empowerment of poor communities, reform unsustainable policies and legislation that constrain the provision of sustainable housing, consideration of women relationship with housing, beneficial policies and legislation for the low income earners and availability of mortgage instruments for the low income earners had mean scores of 1.54, 1.74, 1.89, 1.89 and 1.90 respectively. The implication of this is that Nigeria as a country has not shown enough commitment in this direction. All stakeholders must therefore be alive to their responsibilities so that the housing sustainability position of Nigeria could be improved significantly in the nearest future.
HOUSING SUSTAINABILITY IN NIGERIA: A MIRAGE OR REALITY
R.A, Jimoh, (author) / V.A, Odeniyi, (author) / I.A.M, Jibrin (author)
2016-02-02
Covenant Journal of Research in the Built Environment; Vol. 1 No.1 Maiden Edition: June, 2013
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
DDC:
720
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