Housing poverty in developing countries: Challenges and implications for decent accommodation in Swedru, Ghana

Ofori, Peres

doi:10.18820/24150487/as27i2.3

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“…In most Ghanaian homes, more than three people share a single room and that in itself does not pave way for social distancing. For example, Ofori (2020) has shown that adequate supply of housing remains a challenge in developing countries, especially Ghana. A room occupancy rate of 5.51 indicates that households are congested and a population of 4,603 accommodated in 496 housing units is evident.…”

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confidence: 99%

COVID-19 Virulence: Hinderances to Observing the Preventive Measures

Nkrumah

Tawiah

Ayebi-Arthur

et al. 2021

MEDITERR J J SOCI BEH RES

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The Coronavirus disease is the defining global health crisis in contemporary times. To date, there is no particular cure for COVID-19 and prevention remains the chief approach in tackling the pandemic. Social distancing, hand sanitising, wearing of nose masks and handwashing have been imposed by the government of Ghana to limit the disease spread. However, research (e.g., Bonful et al., 2020) shows that some sections of Ghanaians do not fully adhere to the COVID-19 preventive measures. This study sought to examine the extent to which university students observe each of the aforementioned government-imposed COVID-19 preventive measures and the factors that impair students' efforts to observe these measures. Using a multi-stage sampling procedure, a total of one hundred and eighty-three students (88 males and 95 females) with mean age of 26 participated in the study. A cross-sectional survey design was employed for the study, and a questionnaire was used for data collection. Whereas most respondents reported wearing their nose masks and sanitising their hands quite frequently, a significant few also declined practicing these. Maintaining social distancing was the least and most infrequent practiced preventive measure. The barriers to observing the preventive measures included the number of students the university maintains in a room, unavailability of the needed materials and inappropriate positioning of the handwashing and hand sanitising stations, the expressed discomfort associated with prolonged use of facemasks, and the social behaviours of students not taking such actions in response to normative group influence. It was recommended that the university management invest more resources to increase and equip the handwashing and hand sanitising stations, modify the existing policy on room intake in the university halls and review the policy on instructional periods to facilitate student's efforts in observing the preventive measures. In addition, awareness creation in terms of billboards and screen teasers are needed on the campuses to sensitise and engender students to do the needful.

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Section: The Results In Tablementioning

confidence: 99%

COVID-19 Virulence: Hinderances to Observing the Preventive Measures

Nkrumah

Tawiah

Ayebi-Arthur

et al. 2021

MEDITERR J J SOCI BEH RES

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“…Various typical studies in countries such as Nigeria (Adedire & Adegbile, 2018;Zunguzane, Smallwood & Emuze, 2012), Ghana (Ofori, 2020), and South Africa (Landman, Matsebe & Mmonwa, 2009) focus on user needs and expectations and play a part in determining the quality of residential environment and the performance of housing in general. Ibem et al (2012) revealed that, in Nigeria, Papua New Guinea and Ghana, respectively, residents were dissatisfied with the building features.…”

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Building performance evaluation of public housing in Harare, Zimbabwe

Chombo¹,

Youm²

2021

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This study sought to evaluate the performance of residential building spaces in public housing in Harare, Zimbabwe. It specifically measured building performance indicators determined by the building’s characteristics and the physical, locational and service attributes of buildings. A quantitative research design was adopted, in which questionnaires and observations were used in data collection. A two-stage sampling technique was used, because the population could be subdivided into clusters. From residents in three clusters, which include Highfield-Venice Flats, Avenues Flats and Mbare Flats, 263 respondents were conveniently chosen. Results from the independent t-test that was conducted showed that, at 95% confidence level, there exist significant differences in residential satisfaction among residents of Highfield-Venice Flats and those of Avenues Flats (t = 2.159, p-value= 0.035>0.05). Overall, residents are dissatisfied with the attributes of the buildings in which they live and the general residential situation. There is a general dissatisfaction with the buildings, suggesting that the building performance is not meeting their needs and expectations. Housing attribute preferences, privacy, dwelling proximity, and neighbourhood attachment showed a significant and positive impact on general residential satisfaction. Hence, there is a need to improve housing attribute preferences such as improving the quality of air and lighting as well as noise levels, since respondents expressed dissatisfaction with these attributes. Housing ceilings can be installed to reduce noise levels. More so, the quality of air and lighting can be improved by inserting more air ventilations and wider windowpanes. Privacy should be improved by ensuring that the residential structures have boundary walls that may be needed by the residents. More so, dwelling proximity ought to be improved. The Ministry of National Housing and Social Amenities and other public housing institutions can consider developing structures such as shopping centres, public schools as well as roads and social amenities such as parks, pools and workout facilities before they build residential houses.

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“…In Ghana, the vast majority of rental houses occupied by low-income renters are associated with a lack of basic housing infrastructure and have poor housing facilities (Ofori, 2020). Tenants are inconvenienced when facilities such as toilets, bathrooms, pipes, and kitchens are not available or are not located in the house (Amenyah & Fletcher, 2013: 39).…”

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“…Due to financial difficulty, most of the low-income earners have become homeless, thus compelling them to opt for slums and squatter settlements as options in most of the cities and towns (Serageldin et al, 2003, cited in Danso-Wiredu & Midheme, 2017. It is also revealing to note that some low-income urban dwellers live in small-sized single rooms, with those from extremely poor economic status migrants either sharing or staying with friends or relatives (Yankson, 2012: 12;Ofori, 2020).…”

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“…Many studies have been conducted on poor housing in Ghana, mostly concentrating on the bigger towns and cities (Owusu, 2010: 9;Yankson, 2012: 15;Adu, Abedi, Gyan & Janneth, 2016: 21;Danso-Wiredu, 2018: 13;Wrigley-Asante, Frimpong, Amu, Owusu & Oteng-Ababio, 2019: 19;Ofori, 2020). These studies usually neglect rural, smaller towns and pre-urban areas, where similar challenges exist, thus creating a gap 1 In 2015, 1 GHS was to 0.3 USD in study.…”

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The rental system in Ghana’s low-income housing communities, challenges and adaptation strategies

Achamwie¹,

Danso-Wiredu²

2021

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Shelter is one of the fundamental needs of human survival aside food and clothing. However, provision of adequate housing to accommodate people in urban areas has been a challenge in developing countries, including Ghana. This has caused many Ghanaians, especially the low-income group, to resort to the rental sector for their housing needs. It is widely discussed in the literature that each city user is to be accorded the needed right to utilise what exists in the city, including decent accommodation. This article examines the strategies put in place by lowincome house tenants to cope with the challenges of renting houses in the Wenchi Municipality, in order to rightly utilise urban housing. The study used a quantitative approach and a questionnaire survey to collect data from 245 tenant household heads. Purposive and systematic sampling techniques were used to select the respondents for the study. The data was analysed using SPSS. The study revealed that rental problems faced by tenants and adaptation measures developed to cope in cities and bigger towns are not different from what exists in the smaller towns. The study recommended that rent control should be strengthened to perform its duties in the rental sector well enough to protect the interest of the urban low-income renters.

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Housing poverty in developing countries: Challenges and implications for decent accommodation in Swedru, Ghana

Cited by 7 publications

References 27 publications

COVID-19 Virulence: Hinderances to Observing the Preventive Measures

COVID-19 Virulence: Hinderances to Observing the Preventive Measures

Building performance evaluation of public housing in Harare, Zimbabwe

The rental system in Ghana’s low-income housing communities, challenges and adaptation strategies

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