New Strategies to Addressing Housing Need in Nigeria
ªAlhassan Dahiru Dan’arewa, ªZubairu Yunusa Lawal & ªBako Kelvin Kozah
ªDepartment of Urban and Regional Planning,
Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic Zaria
ABSTRACT
Housing is an important component of human settlement which renders tremendous service to humanity thereby serving as an important and indispensable element of human settlement. Despite the number of political and social, initiatives taken by the government in the past, a great proportion of Nigerian population still live in substandard and poor houses and in deplorable, unsanitary residential environments. Government intervention to ameliorate housing problem dated back to 1960 before political independence from Great Britain to date. Housing problem in Nigeria still remains intractable as many rural and urban populations in the country do not have access to decent, safe, and affordable housing. This paper ascertain the need for housing in Nigeria, highlighted the nature of housing problem in Nigeria, Reviewed Nigerian government intervention in housing provision and reviewed new tested and proved strategies to addressing housing need. The paper suggested that measures to improve housing supply and finally concluded that continuing improvements in the quality of life, particularly for the poorest and most disadvantaged, demand a long-term commitment of resources.
