ASSESSMENT OF HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IN ZARIA URBAN AREA

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dc.contributor.authorSHABA, Suleiman Akamsoko
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-30T09:09:27Z
dc.date.available2019-05-30T09:09:27Z
dc.date.issued2018-04
dc.descriptionA THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIA, IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN URBAN MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT OF URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIAen_US
dc.description.abstractGiven the increasing importance of housing affordability in housing reform debates, and the low socio-economic status of urban households especially in developing countries including Nigeria, this study assessed the housing affordability in Zaria urban area with a view to determining the status of the households in terms of housing affordability. The study employed two approaches to measure housing affordability; the Expenditure-to-Income ratio and the Residual Income approach. Data was collected from the four districts of Zaria using 380 structured questionnaires. The data collected were on socio-economic characteristics of respondents which included data on income, employment and household size. Data on housing characteristics was also collected. This included data on housing type, housing expenditure and basic housing infrastructure. To measure housing affordability using the housing expenditure-to-income ratio, the data on housing expenditure and income collected from each household was used. The housing expenditure was expressed as a percentage of income.The residual income approach takes into consideration the income of households after housing expenditure and the differences in household size. The two approaches yielded separate results.The ratio approach indicated that 52.6%of the households in the study area are faced with problems of housing affordability, while the residual income approach indicated62.2%. The findings also revealedthe predominance of the owner occupier housing tenure and the inadequacy of the basic housing infrastructure in the study area. In order to tackle the housing affordability problem in the study area, there is the need for vigorous government intervention in housing development. The private sector‘s involvement needs to be highly encouraged too. The study recommends the incorporation of social housing into the housing development policy.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/11667
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectASSESSMENT,en_US
dc.subjectHOUSING AFFORDABILITY,en_US
dc.subjectZARIA URBAN AREAen_US
dc.titleASSESSMENT OF HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IN ZARIA URBAN AREAen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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