Urbanization and Housing for Low-Income Earners in Nigeria: A Review of Features, Challenges and Prospects

Egidario, B Aduwo; Acheampong, Patrick; Eziyi, O Ibem

doi:10.5901/mjss.2016.v7n3s1p347

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“…Due to the migration of people from rural to urban areas, there are now significantly more Nigerians living in urban areas. low incomes, live in unfinished buildings, abandoned vehicles, and beneath flyovers and bridges, where they are exposed to risks, according to Egidario, Patrick, and Eziyi (2016).…”

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Nigeria Housing Scenarios: Lessons to Learn from Wales as an Alternative Approach

M.H.¹,

U.M.²,

Musa³

2022

African Journal of Environment and Natural Science Research

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Over 40% of Nigerians, out of the country's present population of over 20 million, would reside in urban areas by 2030, according to United Nations demographic experts. Given that 20% of urban residents already live in substandard circumstances and that there is a housing shortfall of over 17 million units in what has grown to be one of the world's greatest low-income housing markets, this is a cause for concern. Many people around the world lack access to decent housing, but the problem seems to be most acute in developing nations like Nigeria. Additionally, there are not many residences available to the growing number of workers in both the formal and informal sectors, particularly in urban areas. In spite of the fact that the effective demand from the vast majority of the population has not changed appreciably, the report notes that housing demand in Nigeria, particularly in urban areas, has continued to climb dramatically. This study finds that all the factors influencing housing supply have reduced the quality of housing in the nation. The results showed a number of concerns with housing shortages based on the pattern mentioned in the literature. It looks at the methods employed to provide housing in Wales, in the United Kingdom (UK), and the strategies used to achieve this, and makes links to the situation in Nigeria in order to strengthen the country's housing institutions, restructure the systems, and create a more robust housing sector so that a balance between urban and rural housing units may be achieved.

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Nigeria Housing Scenarios: Lessons to Learn from Wales as an Alternative Approach

M.H.¹,

U.M.²,

Musa³

2022

African Journal of Environment and Natural Science Research

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“…On the other hand, the definition of affordable housing has mostly remained based on the cost of housing relative to family earnings [12]. The notion was expanded to include households' capacity to get suitable housing without experiencing crippling financial hardship [13].…”

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The Challenges in Providing Affordable Housing in Nigeria and the Adequate Sustainable Approaches for Addressing Them

Adedeji¹,

Deveci²,

Salman³

2023

OJAppS

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Despite multiple schemes implemented by various governments around the country, affordable housing remains elusive to the average Nigerian. Because the situation is comparable to that of other developing nations, it remains a key concern in these countries' socioeconomic development. Over 52% of Nigeria's population has been claimed to live in shanties, squatter communities, and informal settlements. This article, therefore, reviews the challenges to the provision of affordable housing in Nigeria and the Sustainable approaches to address them. The article's findings were based on a thorough examination of the literature. The article's findings indicated that sustainable approaches for addressing Nigeria's affordable housing barriers may best be examined through the economic, ecological, social, institutional, and technical factors. The paper urges the present regime, investors, lawmakers, and private developers in Nigeria to implement these approaches for affordable housing provision. The findings from this article will add to the current body of knowledge by providing important information on affordable housing provision and re-directing research interest towards affordable housing in Nigeria and other developing countries.

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“…Abubakar and Aina (2019). According to Aduwo et al (2016), the lack of access to land for housing development has partly contributed to housing issues in urban Nigeria. This also agrees with Olayiwola et al, (2005), UN-Habitat (2006), Ibem (2011), and Ibem et al (2011), as regards the failure of government efforts in addressing the deplorable housing situation of low-income people in urban areas.…”

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“…The report by the Centre for Affordable Housing Finance in Africa ( 2017) indicated that a significant disparity exists between the housing situations and the environmental quality in formal and informal settlements, especially in urban Africa resulting in widespread poor housing conditions and a deteriorating physical environment in major cities in the continent (Livingston et al, 2010;Manzo, 2014;Wu, 2012). This situation has been attributed to several factors including migration and the inability of individuals or households in informal settlements to buy or rent decent housing based on their income status, and the poor state of the housing delivery system, which is often skewed toward the few highincome earners as against the low-income people who constitute a majority of urban dwellers, especially in Nigeria (Aduwo et al, 2016(Aduwo et al, , 2017Efobi & Anierobi, 2014).…”

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Urban Housing Inequality and the Nature of Relationship Between Formal and Informal Settlements in Enugu Metropolis, Nigeria

Anierobi,

Nwalusi,

Efobi

et al. 2023

SAGE Open

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The proliferation of urban informal settlements indicates a failure in housing delivery. Stipulations in the SDGs for better affordable housing for all toward eradicating the heinous housing inequality in society seem to be lacking in a deeper understanding of why housing inequality prevails. Debates on housing inequality were mostly concerned with market transition, changing the order of social stratification, and transitions from a centrally planned economy to a market economy; hence the emphasis on the need for a better understanding of the role of housing in social-spatial equity and justice. This study, therefore, aims to fill this research gap by examining the nature of the relationship between informal and formal neighborhoods of the Enugu metropolis, Southeast Nigeria to make an evidence-based contribution to the body of knowledge on this subject. A cross-sectional survey using a quantitative approach was adopted and 24 informal settlements were identified and studied. The data were analyzed using descriptive analysis and Chi-square. Findings showed the nature of housing inequality in the area as a product of spatially inherent symbiotic relationships embedded in social exclusion, deprivation, and dependency between the formal and informal settlements situating in juxtaposition to one another. At a Chi-square value of 42.643, p = .317 significant at 0.01; residents perceived significant differences in access/availability of decent housing and housing facilities/utility. Interestingly, these informal settlements accommodated over 361,785 unaccounted spill-over populations representing over 60,298 households, constituting 34.69% of the city population not captured in official census records, including over 72.58% of migrants claiming to have relatives residing in these settlements.

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Urbanization and Housing for Low-Income Earners in Nigeria: A Review of Features, Challenges and Prospects

Abstract: This review paper examines urbanization and housing for low-income

Cited by 8 publications

References 17 publications

Nigeria Housing Scenarios: Lessons to Learn from Wales as an Alternative Approach

Nigeria Housing Scenarios: Lessons to Learn from Wales as an Alternative Approach

The Challenges in Providing Affordable Housing in Nigeria and the Adequate Sustainable Approaches for Addressing Them

Urban Housing Inequality and the Nature of Relationship Between Formal and Informal Settlements in Enugu Metropolis, Nigeria

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