In order to achieve sustainable housing delivery in nigeria, numerous housing strategies, programmes and policies have emerged from colonial era to date. Nigerias 2004 national policy on population for sustainable. Fec to approve revised national housing policy today. One group of policies affects the organizational framework. Housing needs for low income earners has reached an alarming stage in nigeria. Urban housing policy and its implications on the lowincome earners of a harare municipality, zimbabwe wisdom moyo zimbabwe open university, bulawayo, zimbabwe abstract domestic shelter is an important basic need in all societies. Evolution and development of nigerian housing policies and programmes 19281979 the recorded history of formal intervention into the housing sector in nigeria dated back to the colonial. Pdf the effect of government policy on housing delivery in. National housing fund establishment bill, 2018 postmortem. International journal of civil engineering, construction and. The recorded history of formal intervention into the housing sector in nigeria dated back to the colonial administration, after the unfortunate outbreak of the bubonic plaque of 1928 in lagos. Nigerias housing policies and dilemma of affordability. Oct 01, 2016 national housing policy in nigeria pdf viewer.
The united states department of housing and urban development hud policy makers stated that for a housing scheme to be affordable, the family should pay nothing more than 30% of its total income on rent and utilities, where they own their own house, not more than 30%. Gross salary includes basic salary, housing allowances, and transportation allowances. Sustainable development, housing, urbanization, governance, nigeria. The objective of the bill is to provide additional sources. Federal ministry of works and housing housing policy 96 pages. Housing policies and programmes in nigeria business management. Laudable promises, great expectations, colossal failure. It seeks to address limitations of existing approaches where one theory or discipline has the upper hand in evaluating public housing programmes. The challenges of housing development and needs in abuja fig working week 2012 knowing to manage the territory, protect the environment, evaluate the cultural heritage rome, italy, 610 may 2012 6 4. Implementation and the challenges of the mass housing scheme in abuja, nigeria j. National development plans in nigeria we have had series of development plans in nigeria. A case study of port harcourt low income housing programme article pdf available october 2015 with 8,266 reads how we measure. Housing development in nigeria humanitarian library.
In 2005, nigeria adopted the national policy on population for sustainable development 2004, the second such strategy in the nations history. The shortage of housing is one of the factors responsible for the poor environmental quality across nigeria. Basically, whenever the government gets directly involved in the housing objectives of its people, either by taking actions to provide shelter for her citizenry or by taking actions to improve the quality of the shelter of its people, we are talking about government housing policy. Pension fund administrators may charge up to 100 naira a month and up to 2% of assets a year for administrative fees. The identified problems that are associated with the implementation of housing policies in nigeria are poor administration, inadequate funding, insufficient infrastructural amenities, as. The nigerian national housing policy in perspective. Housing policies and recent housing market developments the extreme developments in housing markets were a key feature of the current economic crisis and the run up to it e. On the whole, the situation still persists in nigeria where public housing programmes and projects do not match the priorities of the majority of the people. Evaluation of public housing programmes in nigeria. Implementation and the challenges of the mass housing.
The growing urgency to provide more homes to millions of households in nigeria. The completed form should be returned with two passport photographs with your name boldly written on the reverse side c. Overview of the building and construction sector in the nigerian economy ademola adeagbo economic policy research department nigerian institute of social and economic research, ibadan email. Implementation and the challenges of the mass housing scheme. Federal mortgage bank of nigeria national housing fund decree 3, 1992 nhf. Effectiveness, housing policies, implementation, lowcost, urbanpoor introduction the changes in public or social housing policy which are blamed on shortages of rental stock for low incomes and consequently increased homelessness. Gross salary includes basic salary, housing allowances, and. Consequently, serious attention has been given in many developing countries to housing problems and housing policies to address the problems. National housing policy in nigeria pdf bittorrentsclub. N45, laws of the federation of nigeria, 2004 nhf act 2004.
Housing policy in nigeria 103 references awotona, a. Ukoje department of geography federal university lokoja p. Community action programme for poverty alleviation cappa. It is against this background that this study aims to assess the performance of the housing policy towards. In nigeria, housing is generally inadequate in the rural areas in terms of quality, while the major problem in urban areas is more of quantity, although quantity is. To download a pdf version of the full 2019 nigeria country profile, click here despite improving macroeconomics, housing remains a perennial problem in nigeria. The effect of government policy on housing delivery in. Housing fina nce in n igeria need for reengineering by timothy olugbenga nubi. On the supply side, numerous government policies have earlier aimed at disabling the massive shortage through numerous housing reform programmes. Provision of houses stimulates the national economy. Urban housing affordability and housing policy dilemmas in. Housing, neighbourhood quality and quality of life in public housing in lagos, nigeria adetokunbo o.
Implication for planning and lowincome housing delivery in lagos, nigeria implications for lowincome housing in lagos, nigeria. These factors, among others, include the ineffective and corrupt political leadership under which the public bureaucracy in nigeria thrives, the pervasive and deep rooted corruption within the public. It replaces the national housing policy that was adopted by government in 1991. The multiple roles of housing in the economy are first irvestigcted from a theoretical perspective and then from actual case studies of the construction and housing sectors. Please read the form carefully before completing it b. Any hope for the poor editorial department academia. The policy has a 2015 end date for most targets, and aims to improve standards of living and quality of life for nigeria.
A diminishing dream after 35 years with a view to make recommendations towards addressing the housing problems, by examining the national housing policy, national housing fund and the national and housing development. Effectiveness of housing policies and their implementation. The nigerian housing policy nhp, 2006 defines housing as the process of providing functional shelter in. There is a housing crisis in britain and this is a humanitarian crisis. Government policies for housing nigerias urban poor. International journal of civil engineering, construction. The bill repeals the national housing fund act, cap. There are no maximum earnings used to calculate contributions. Pdf the effect of government policy on housing delivery. Accordingly the governments policy, the national planing commission npc in.
This paper appraises the nigerian housing policies from1999 till date visavis the place of the lowincome earners in the policy in having access to affordable housing and decent accommodation as entrenched in the national housing policies. In many oecd countries, the general increase in real house prices since the mid1980s table 4. Nigeria, housing as a policy, as well as the national housing policy. Ilesanmi department of architecture obafemi awolowo university, ileife, nigeria email. Twenty years on, millions of nigerians are still homeless while many others are living in indecent houses. Government policies for housing nigerias urban poor and the working class. This policy was exclusively directed at the provision of housing for the white colonial population settled in specially protected and developed areas. United nations development programme undp is articulating a. Housing is one of the most important needs of individuals next to food and clothing. Journal of public administration and policy research vol.
The myth of growth and development is so entrenched that the. Abstract in recent years, publicprivate partnership approaches are embraced and employed in housing schemes across. Housing policy in nigeria can be defined as the governments action on its peoples housing objectives. In 1991, the national housing policy was promulgated in order to propose possible solutions to the housing problems in nigeria. As the national urban development policy of nigeria observes, inadequate housing is a major problem facing cities in the country and which often manifests itself in, among other ways, the inability of supply to cope with demand, poor housing conditions, and paucity of basic infrastructure services and amenities.
It highlights the need to stimulate a policy that will facilitate infrastructural development alongside housing delivery. Housing fund nhf establishment bill, 2018 the bill which was passed by the national assembly in november 2018. Coordination and communication between federal and state governments seems lacking. The approval of the policy is one of the two issues the minister of lands, housing and urban development, ama pepple, would present to the council for deliberation today. According to the 1991 nigerian national housing policy, federal republic of nigeria lack adequate monitoring and evaluation of housing policy implementation. Housing policy within the national development agenda 6. A case study of port harcourt low income housing programme article pdf available october 2015 with 8,266 reads how we. Nigeria is permanently hunted by the spectre of development. The sudden leap from agrobased to petronaira based economy did not help matters. Nigeria s housing policies and dilemma of affordability chika okeke examines the housing policies initiated by the previous and current administrations and. National housing policy in nigeria pdf viewer accordingly the governments policy, the national planing commission npc in. This signifies the ushering of nigerian public housing programmes intervention.
The national housing policy provided a solid background needed for. This paper appraises the nigerian housing policies from1999 till date visavis the place of the low income earners in the policy in having access to. This paper proposes a broadbased framework for assessing relationships between input, output and outcomes of public housing. Nigeria gets new housing policy june 21, 2012 featured post, news 585 views in a move to address the housing challenge in the country, the federal government on wednesday approved a new national housing policy targeted at ensuring the construction of one million houses annually to augment infrastructural development in the sector. Abstractthe aim of this paper is to examine the affordable housing policy in jos nigeria. A capstone submitted to johns hopkins university in conformity with the requirements. Sep 26, 2018 nigerias housing policies and dilemma of affordability chika okeke examines the housing policies initiated by the previous and current administrations and writes on the need for feasible. Housing policy and programmes requirement will be observed and appropriate suggestions are offered based on establish criteria of sustainable housing policies.
There is no current national housing action plan or strategy. Perspectives on social policy and administration this book delivers a simple, readable, pathbreaking and interesting contribution to development and policy studies. Thus, we can broadly categorize its historical development under the five distinct phases of the colonial period before 1960, the post independence period. This has become necessary in view of the critical role housing plays in the life of an individual and society at large. Planning, housing, and land policy december 1988 pdf version september 2000 robert w. This situation provides the need to take another look at the current housing sector in nigeria in respect of low income housing group with a view to improving the national economic development. Nigeria cahf centre for affordable housing finance africa.
The current national housing policy that deemphasises government involvement in housing. The challenges of housing development and needs in abuja nigeria. Aduwo department of architecture, college of science and technology covenant university, canaan land, ota, ogun state, nigeria there is a consensus among housing experts and policy makers that there are not. There are also significant housing affordability differences between socioeconomic groups, housing tenure groups and states in nigeria. Its fortynine years of independence actually are rolling by daily in search of development.