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Garba, Shaibu B. (Shaibu Bala). "Urban land policies and low income housing in metropolitan Kano, Nigeria." Thesis, McGill University, 1992. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=61295.
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The scarcity and inaccessibility of land in urban areas has become a major obstacle in the provision of housing to low-income groups in developing countries. This thesis studies the land policies and practices in Metropolitan Kano, Nigeria, and investigates the issues and problems hindering the adequate supply of residential land to low-income groups.The thesis commences with a general study of urban land policies and low-income housing in developing countries. It examines the nature of housing problems in developing countries, the role of land in the housing problems, issues addressed by land policies, and policy measures and strategies used. The general study is followed by a specific study of the land policies and practices in the study area. The policy and institutional management frameworks are identified and examined. The roles of the major institutions are explained. The last section identifies and examines the main issues and problems with the existing policies.
The thesis concludes that actions are necessary to address the identified issues and problems with the policies in order to avoid chaos. Suggestions for policy reform are made.
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Johnson, Paul Femi. "Developing the mortgage sector in Nigeria through the provision of long-term finance : an efficiency perspective." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2014. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/8418.
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This research investigates the role of efficiency in attracting long-term finance to the
mortgage sector. Within the framework of the traditional economic theory, the new
institutional theory and the theory of mortgage collateral, the study investigates the
efficiency of primary mortgage banks and the perceived efficiency of the larger system
within which they operate using quantitative and qualitative techniques.
Quantitative data were extracted from the financials of 27 mortgage banks in Nigeria, which
constitute about 90% of the size of the entire industry in Nigeria, as measured by banks’
total assets. These were analyzed using data envelopment analysis (DEA) and stochastic
cost frontier (SCF) analysis to determine the efficiency of mortgage banks in Nigeria.
In-depth interviews and focus group discussions were conducted among 40 CEOs of
mortgage banks in Nigeria to investigate the perceived efficiency of both the banks and the
entire mortgage sector. This sample constitutes about 54.2% of the CEOs in the industry
and represents all geopolitical zones and ethnic groups where mortgage banks exist in the
country. A review of housing finance policies, systems and sources of funds in thriving
emerging economies was also conducted with the aim of drawing lessons from them that
are applicable to improving the efficiency of the Nigerian mortgage sector. The findings
from the review formed the basis of a mixed method questionnaire survey to investigate the
existing and potential sources of funds for housing finance, to assess the acceptability and
suitability of lessons drawn from other countries in Nigeria and to make policy
recommendations for improving the efficiency of the Nigerian mortgage sector.
The findings reveal that on average, mortgage banks in Nigeria are 33% - 49% efficient
compared to best practice firms within the sector. Ownership structure and bank size
influence the efficiency of these banks. Banks owned by private organizations and
commercial banks are more efficient than those owned by the government or religious
organizations. Banks with average total assets in excess of ₦5 Billion are more technically
efficient than those with total asset less than ₦5 Billion.
Practitioners perceive the mortgage banks and the larger system within which they operate
as only about 10% efficient. This perceived efficiency is much lower than the technical
efficiency measured in the quantitative assessment. Through the lens of institutional theory,
this low rating is attributed to the negative perception of the institutional structures of the
mortgage sector by mortgage finance practitioners. The findings also reveal that two
categories – external and internal factors – impair the efficiency of the sector. The
regulative constraints account for 55% of challenges to efficiency, normative constraints
account for 24%, while cultural cognitive constraints account for 21%. The study identified
accumulated deposits in pension funds, unclaimed dividends, funds in dormant accounts of
commercial banks and other financial institutions, and funds from insurance companies, as
possible sources of long-term funds for housing finance, while a concerted effort is being
made to set up a secondary mortgage facility. The findings also reveal that effective
government policies, regulation and amendment of existing laws would help improve the
efficiency of the mortgage banking sector and attract investors to this sector.
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Onyeacholem, Helen Ulorkiweri. "An evaluation of government policies in the provision of low income housing in Benin City, Nigeria." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10443/360.
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This research evaluates the existing housing provision and Government housing policies in Benin City, Nigeria. It evaluates subsidized public housing, sites and services, and upgrading schemes; and the low income groups' level of affordability, through the application of economic demand models - hedonics and the present value techniques. While the hedonics is used as a predictive technique for policy evaluation, the present value technique is used to evaluate and assess the Government's low income housing policies and the target population's (low income group) level of affordability respectively. After the evaluative and the assessment exercise, it was found that the sites and services is the preferred policy option, although its successful implementation would not be possible unless Mortgage Financing is introduced and the bottlenecks and constraints inherent with the low income housing market is removed. Through the Mortgage Financing Model constructed by the researcher, it was possible to determine the amount of mortgage grant affordable by households on different income grades. It was also found that, apart from the SPSSX computer package hitherto used for the analysis of hedonics, a micro software package modified by the researcher from Davis (1973) Fortran Program developed for Geological and Engineering Surveys could be used for analysing the hedonics technique. This is an advantage to most developing countries where a large SPSSX computer package may not be easily accessible. The research was concluded by highlighting areas for further investigation.
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Iheme, J. O. "Factors for the implementation of affordable federal public housing policies in south-south region of Nigeria." Thesis, University of Salford, 2017. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/44156/.
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The challenges arising from the provision of affordable low-income public housing in many developing countries are suggested to be as a result of improper implementation of low-income housing policies. Even though various housing policies from these countries, which include Nigeria, promised to meet basic housing needs at an affordable cost, these promises have been left without fulfillment. Thus, housing problems in these countries, with Nigeria in focus, have increased due to some prevailing factors inhibiting successful policy implementation. As a result, governments of these countries face tremendous pressure to provide affordable public housing, especially for the low-income groups. Over the years, it has been witnessed that there has been ineffectiveness in the provision of affordable public housing for the low-income groups in the South-South region; this difficulty is seen particularly in the very poor living standards amongst the low-income groups in this region. Although it is noted that there were and still is some form of affordable housing delivery programmes initiated by past and present governments, these have not still been able to meet housing demand. Moreover, the quality of the provided housing stock is also under substantial scrutiny regarding standard, adequacy, and livability. These barriers to implementation effectiveness is suggested to be as a result of the following identified factors; poor implementation management, poor project location, inadequate project inspection, injustice and corruption in distribution and allocation, lack of an effective strategy evaluation system and a compromised stakeholder consultative system are the identified limiting factors against a successful low-income public housing implementation system. The effect of these factors on implementation success has, therefore, left Nigeria in the category of the Least Developed Countries (LDC) of the world. Despite the huge investments made by past and present government to rebuilding Nigeria through the housing and infrastructural development, public housing provision is still moving at a very slow speed, which has justified that formulation of policies alone is not enough to solving public housing problems, but the effective implementation of formulated policies. These, therefore, highlight the need for an improved approach to advance the system to enhance affordable public housing policy implementation system in the country especially in the South-South region. Thus, this study aims to propose a model that could stand as a guideline of actions to facilitate improvement in the implementation of affordable federal public housing policies that will promote an effective housing provision for the low-income group in the region. Furthermore, the study as a descriptive, explanatory research employed the use of mixed methods research strategy to identify and explain the impacts of the prevailing factors identified as barriers to the implementation of affordable public housing policy in the region. Moreover, bearing in mind the huge housing deficit in the region especially in the area of affordable public housing, the model as developed is expected to be useful to the government because it could guide policy implementers through the effective strategic actions required to improve the system. It could also inform stakeholders operating in the public housing sector, especially in the federal public housing sector on the damage and negative impact these identified factors have on the public housing sector and its recommendation could effectively improve implementation performance for a successful low-income public housing provision in the region.
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Ndubueze, Okechukwu Joseph. "Urban housing affordability and housing policy dilemmas in Nigeria." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2009. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/298/.
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Given the increasing importance of affordability in housing policy reform debates, this study develops a new composite approach to measuring housing affordability and employs it to examine the nature of urban housing affordability in Nigeria. The data used in this study are based on the Nigerian Living Standards Survey 2003-2004. The aggregate housing affordability model developed here measures housing affordability problems more accurately and classifies the housing affordability status of households more appropriately than the conventional affordability models. Findings show very high levels of housing affordability problems in Nigeria with about 3 out of every 5 urban households experiencing such difficulties. There are also significant housing affordability differences between socio-economic groups, housing tenure groups and states in Nigeria. The current national housing policy that de-emphasises government involvement in housing provision does not allow the country’s full potential for tackling its serious affordability problems to be realised and, hence, the laudable ‘housing for all’ goal of the policy has remained elusive. Nigerian socio-economic realities demand far more vigorous government involvement in housing development, working with a more committed private sector, energised civil societies and empowered communities to tackle the enormous housing problems of the country
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Zhao, Zhejin. "Three essays on housing markets and housing policies." Thesis, Lyon, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018LYSES033/document.
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Cette thèse contient trois essais empiriques sur les marchés du logement et les politiques de logement. Dans le premier essai, nous étudions les effets du contrôle des loyers sur les loyers en utilisant des données historiques de panel sur une période de 78 ans à Lyon. Nous utilisons des régressions multiples avec des effets fixes comme principale forme d’analyse. Nos résultats montrent que l’effet causal du contrôle des loyers sur les loyers à Lyon est significativement négatif. Dans le deuxième essai, j’étudie l’influence de l’âge du chef de famille sur la demande de logements grâce à des données sur les ménages en Chine. Le modèle de prix hédonique en deux étapes, utilisé dans cet essai, me permet d’estimer l’effet de l’âge du chef de famille sur la demande de logements, en contrôlant la qualité du logement et les caractéristiques des autres ménages. Les résultats montrent que la disposition à payer, à qualité constante de la maison, diminue légèrement ou reste constante lorsque le chef de famille vieillit, une fois contrôlé le niveau d’instruction du chef de famille. En revanche, il diminue rapidement si le niveau d’instruction du chef de famille n’est pas contrôlé. Par conséquent, cet essai conclut que la demande totale de logements ne devrait pas diminuer avec le vieillissement de la population, parce que la génération actuelle est plus éduquée que la précédente. Enfin, dans le troisième essai, dans le cadre du modèle de Rosen-Roback, j’analyse l’impact des coûts du logement sur le ratio d’intensité des compétences (SIR), dans différentes villes chinoises. Pour éviter les problèmes d’endogénéité, j’utilise à la fois la part des terrains non disponibles et les prix des logements historiques comme instruments des prix actuels du logement. Les résultats montrent que les prix moyens des logements ont des effets positifs significatifs sur le SIR en 2010 lorsque la mobilité des travailleurs est assouplie, mais que les effets sont non significatifs sur le SIR en 2000 lorsque la mobilité des travailleurs était étroitement réglementéeThis thesis contains three empirical essays on housing markets and housing policies. In the first essay, we investigate the effects of rent control on rents using historical panel data in Lyon over a 78-year period. We use multiple regressions with fixed effects as the main form of analysis. Our results show that the causal effect of rent control on rents in Lyon is significantly negative. In the second essay, I study how age influences housing demand based on household level data from China. The two-stage hedonic house price model used in this essay allows me to estimate the pure age effect on housing demand, after housing quality and other household’s characteristics are controlled for. The results demonstrate that the willingness-to-pay for a constant-quality house will decrease slightly or keep constant when a representative household head becomes old, if the household head’s educational attainment is controlled for. In contrast, it will drop rapidly if the household head’s educational attainment is not controlled for. Therefore, this essay concludes that the total housing demand will not decrease with population aging, because the current middle- aged generation get educated more than the current old generation. Finally, in the third essay, in the framework of Rosen-Roback model, I analyze how housing costs affect the ratio of high-skilled to low-skilled workers, explicitly the skill intensity ratio (SIR), across cities in China. To avoid endogeneity issues, I use both share of unavailable land and historical housing prices as instruments of current housing prices. The results show that average housing prices have significant positive effects on the SIR in 2010 when workers’ mobility is relaxed, but insignificant effects on the SIR in 2000 when workers’ mobility was tightly regulated
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Reis, P. M. O. "Non-conventional housing finance in Ibadan, Nigeria." Thesis, Open University, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.314810.
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Lai, Siu-fun Rita, and 黎少芬. "Housing price and government land policies." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1993. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31258256.
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Lai, Siu-fun Rita. "Housing price and government land policies /." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1993. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B13781297.
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Hood, Nancy Elizabeth. "Smoke-free policies in subsidized housing." The Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1337089587.
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Ogu, Vincent Ifeanyi. "Housing and environmental services in Benin City, Nigeria." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.299255.
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Carvalho, Thereza C. "Housing and decentralisation : policies, management and product." Thesis, Oxford Brookes University, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.284468.
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Vignolles, Benjamin. "Three empirical essays on spatialiazed housing policies." Thesis, Paris, EHESS, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019EHES0153.
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Cette thèse se compose de trois chapitres qui, pour chacun d’entre eux, évaluent les effets d’une politique spatialisée menée en France en matière de logement. Les deux premiers chapitres appliquent une méthodologie quasi-expérimentale pour évaluer, pour le premier d’entre eux les effets de l’article 55 de la loi « Solidarités et Renouvellement Urbain » de 2000, qui vise à stimuler la construction de logements sociaux dans les communes moyennes et grandes, et pour le deuxième le crédit d’impôt Scellier qui s’applique, de 2008 à 2012, à l’investissement locatif ciblés sur les locataires à revenus modestes. L’évaluation porte sur plusieurs variables d’intérêt ; la construction de logement mais également les prix immobiliers ou la ségrégation spatiale des revenus. Le troisième chapitre applique quant à lui des méthodes de microsimulations pour estimer le profil de la part du revenu consacré par les ménages au paiement de la taxe d’habitation. Il propose également une simulation de ce profil sous l’hypothèse d’une révision des valeurs locatives, qui constituent la base fiscale de cet impôt locale et qui, faute de révision depuis leur mise en place, reflètent les valeurs de marché des logements dans les années 1970. Les trois chapitres reposent sur l’exploitation de bases de données produites par l’administration fiscale ou les notaires français, qui sont exhaustives et très riches et qui ont été peu utilisées jusqu’à présent. Les deux premiers chapitres montrent que les incitations financières ou fiscales mises en place permettent de stimuler l’offre locale de logements sociaux ou de logements locatifs privés ciblés sur les ménages à revenus modestes. Le chapitre 1 montre que ce surcroît de construction sociale a entraîné une diminution des prix immobilier et de la ségrégation spatiale des revenus dans les communes concernées. Le chapitre 2 montre quant à lui que les logements construits sous l’effet du dispositif Scellier sont plus souvent vacants et que la mesure a entraîné une hausse des prix immobiliers dans les zones traitées, sous l’effet d’une tension accrue sur les marchés locaux du logement qui se capitalise dans les prix du foncier. Enfin, le chapitre 3 montre que l’alignement des valeurs locatives qui servent d’assiette à la taxe d’habitation sur les prix relatifs des logements observés sur les marchés immobiliers aujourd’hui aboutit à une modification radicale du profil du poids de ce prélèvement dans le revenu des ménages en fonction de ce revenu : alors que celui-ci a la forme d’une courbe en cloche avec un effort fiscal maximum pour les ménages autour du revenu médian pour la taxe sous sa forme actuelle, la révision étudiée aboutit à un profile plus progressif pour la plupart des ménages françaisThis thesis evaluates the local effects of several spatialized housing policies. It is composed of three chapters, each focusing on a specific French public policy. The two first chapters apply public policy evaluation method in a quasi-experimental framework to study the impact of two spatialized housing policies – the Solidarité et Renouvellement Urbain (SRU) law, aiming to stimulate housing construction, and the Scellier Tax Credit (STC), which is a subsidy to private housing supply for law and intermediate income households - on housing construction, housing markets and spatial income segregation ; the third chapter uses microsimulation methods to assess the income profile of a French housing tax called taxe d’habitation, and how it would evolve if its fiscal basis – aiming to translate housing values of taxed dwellings at 1970 market prices – were actualized. These papers use exhaustive data set produced by the French fiscal administration and notaries, which were not extensively used until now. The first two papers exploit spatial or municipality size discontinuities according to the enforcement of considered public policies. We show that fiscal local incentives are efficient to increase the construction of public housing or of private housing targeted on low-income households. We also show that the additional construction of social housing leads to a reduction of income segregation and housing prices in targeted municipalities. The STC triggered the construction of new dwelling that remain more often vacant and leads to housing prices increases in treated areas, due to crowding-out effect capitalized in land prices. Finally, we show that if the TH fiscal basis were revised in order to reflect actual housing market prices, the income profile of the tax weight in households income would be dramatically modified, from a bell-shaped one attaining its maximum for median income levels to a more regularly increasing one
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Suen, Wai-lap Kevin, and 孫偉立. "A study on the housing aspirations and housing policies in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2003. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B42577433.
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Suen, Wai-lap Kevin. "A study on the housing aspirations and housing policies in Hong Kong." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2003. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B42577433.
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Razmilic, Burgos Slaven Antonio. "Property values, housing subsidies and incentives : evidence from Chile's current housing policies." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/62112.
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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2010.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 35).
This study evaluates the performance of low income housing subsidy programs currently operating in Chile. The use of detailed microdata allows a close assessment of the relationship between individual subsidy grants, characteristics of the units purchased and actual transaction prices. The study entails both the comparison between programs with different incentive frameworks, and the relative performance of each of these programs in a context of major increases in the levels of assistance provided. The evidence suggests that in most cases virtually the entire increase in the subsidy to the purchaser, which is intended to make housing more affordable, is translated into increased housing prices. In fact, in subsidized transactions between 2007 and 2009 the agreed purchase prices were almost entirely determined by the maximum subsidy amounts set by the housing authority. This occurred repeatedly in transactions performed through programs where the granted subsidy was virtually a 1 to 1 function of the agreed transaction price and where subsidy beneficiaries have little or no incentive to bargain. In such a framework, all the increases in subsidy levels that occurred in the period were translated into equivalent increases in prices with very limited improvements in the quality and location of the units purchased. On the contrary, prices tended to move much more closely with the unit's predicted price (determined by its actual characteristics) in less generous programs that provide lump sum transfers and where beneficiaries are responsible for paying larger proportions of the balance. However, even in these cases, up to 64 cents per dollar of housing subsidy are estimated to be translated directly into house price inflation. The estimated positive impact of subsidy amounts on prices of existing units is a form of wealth transfer that benefits current owners. Although the majority of today's sellers in this segment are low to middle income households that benefited from housing policy efforts in previous decades, these owners are certainly wealthier than current subsidy beneficiaries and also wealthier than other households still waiting to receive housing assistance. Such wealth transfers may be inappropriate, and undermine the declared goal of targeting housing assistance efforts on those who need it most.
by Slaven Antonio Razmilic Burgos.
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Jung, Chang-Mu. "Impacts of recent housing policies on the rental housing market in Korea." Diss., Virginia Tech, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/39720.
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This research is concerned with the effects of housing policy on rental housing market in Korea, in particular, the informal housing finance mechanism known as the chonse. In spite of many studies on chonse rental housing market, the relationship between government intervention in the housing market and chonse price has not been fully investigated. Most studies emphasize a role of chonse as an informal source of housing finance and none of them pay attention to the relationship between chonse price and government housing policies such as price control for new dwellings and rent regulation. Without a proper housing finance system in Korea, chonse deposit plays an important role in household tenure choice decision. Yet, many studies on chonse rental housings do not show clearly how it works. Furthermore, the interaction of price control and household tenure choice decision has never been a subject of study in Korea. The purpose of my study is, therefore, to contribute toward filling a gap in current knowledge about Korean housing market and to increase understanding of policy impacts on rental housing market in KoreaPh. D.
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Ukoha, Onyekwere M. "Satisfaction with public housing : the case of Abuja, Nigeria /." Diss., This resource online, 1995. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06062008-155306/.
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Nwankama, Nwankama Wosu. "The use of outdoor spaces in an informal settlement in Metropolitan Aba /." Thesis, McGill University, 1993. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=69778.
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In spite of its spontaneous and improvised character, the informal sector has provided virtually the only appropriate housing, in terms of the organization of the outdoor space, for the urban poor of the developing countries. Through an analysis of the outdoor spaces in Eziukwu-Aba, a low-income and informal settlement in Aba, Nigeria, this thesis investigates the organization and mode of use of outdoor spaces, in relation to the day-to-day activities of the urban poor. It focuses on the patterns of outdoor spaces, the categories of activities found in them and the periods of time of the occurrence of the activities.The findings of this study are compared with those of earlier studies, and the broader implications of these findings on contemporary low-income urban housing in the developing countries are briefly outlined. This study posits that for the urban low-income group of the developing countries, (a) usable space takes precedence over aesthetics and permanence and (b) housing and environmental quality in terms of construction standards are of little significance, compared with employment.
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Parker, Geneen K. "Best affordable housing policies a look at California, New Jersey and Massachuetts /." Muncie, Ind. : Ball State University, 2009. http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/709.
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Ma, Wan-mui, and 馬運梅. "An evaluation of current elderly housing policies: a study of housing provision in public rental housing." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2012. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B48343134.
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Wong, Lai-yin. "An evaluation of the rental policies of the Hong Kong Housing Authority." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1994. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B14739975.
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Buracom, Phonlapat. "Limits of state intervention the political economy of housing policies in Thailand /." Google Book Search Library Project, 1987. http://books.google.com/books?id=vVBPAAAAMAAJ.
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Leung, Ho-yin Albert. "Analysis of housing policies for the elderly in Hong Kong." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1995. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B14023805.
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Danjuma, Benjamin Angyu. "House form in the Nigerian savanna : an analysis of housing and city structure in the Housa tradition." Thesis, McGill University, 1988. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=61691.
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Chambers, D. "Discretionary housing policies in three inner London boroughs." Thesis, University of Sussex, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.383523.
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Fung, Annie H. "Low income rental housing in Canada : policies, programs and livability." Thesis, McGill University, 1992. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=56994.
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The government has through many legislations initiated programs to provide housing for those who cannot afford housing in the private market. From 1945, the government has continuously tried to fulfill those housing needs and to improve living conditions. This thesis is an overview of the policies, programs and livability of low rental housing in Canada.This study is divided into three parts. In the first part, there is a factual description of the circumstances and policies that have influenced the development of low rental housing since 1945. The second part assesses the demand and tenant characteristics for such housing. Three types of low income housing: public housing, low rental housing and cooperatives, are compared to measure their merits. The third part analyses the design criteria for such housing with reference to projects built in Montreal, Quebec. Tenants' opinions on what is satisfactory in housing projects are discussed and appropriate management policies are suggested. In the conclusion, government policies of the past, and some recent developments are summarized, and future strategies suggested.
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Icheku, Vincent Nwayobuije. "The Cocoa Marketing Co-operatives' policies in Nigeria, 1947-1967." Thesis, University of Surrey, 1992. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/842781/.
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Some part of this study was covered by Dr. S.O. Adeyeye. His work published in 1978 concentrated on a general overview of cooperative movement in Nigeria. Since his work, there has been remarkably little or no research into the development of Cocoa Marketing Cooperatives' policies. A review of this study shows that Adeyeye carried out a historical work which did not account for the emergence of cocoa marketing policies during the early years of self government in Nigeria and what effect these policies had on the cooperatives' ability to practice their principle of democratic control. Our study is an attempt to fill in this important part of Marketing Coperatives' history. The theoretical part reviewed the conceptual framework of cooperative ideals and principles which enabled us to examine the operational policies of Cocoa Marketing Cooperatives in Nigeria, against the cooperatives' principle of democratic control. Our finding is that the adoption of cooperatives' principle of democratic control was not encouraged by the Governments who took the responsibility of promoting cooperatives in Nigeria, There was no provision for basic training in democratic procedure which is essential for any cooperative to be an independent viable organisation. The absence of cooperative education culminated in corruption and inefficient administration of the cooperative which was widespread over the period under study. Finally, the study acknowledges the difficulties of applying the cooperative principles in a real world, but recommended that it is of the utmost importance that cooperative organisations as they try to survive in a real world, should find new ways of putting principles into practice because the principles enable any cooperative organisation to fulfil the basis of its formation, that is, the promotion of members interests. The principle of democratic control to some extent indicates who the members are and allows them the right to determine for themselves what is their common need and how the need would mutually be met. The idea of the cooperative was born out of ideally felt need of members. It is a means of self help through mutual help, hence members should participate actively in all activities of the organization. The methodology applied to this study includes descriptive analysis, field work, archival and documentary research, informal discussion and the author's personal observations.
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Osondu, T. N. "Housing finance in urban Nigeria : a case study of Enugu." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.535511.
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Akindude, P. O. "Issues in low-income urban housing, with reference to Nigeria." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.640270.
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Since the 1950s, towns and cities of the Less Developed Countries have been experiencing unprecedentedly high rates of population growth. The limited urban housing stock have not been able to cope with the demand for housing. The limited housing units become overcrowded, slums develop in central area of cities, and squatter settlements grow at the periphery. Many ideas such as slum clearance and public housing have been tried in improving the appalling housing situation, which affects mainly the low-income population in urban centres, but with no significant results. Contemporary housing ideas of sites-and-services and upgrading which became gradually accepted from the early 1970s are yet to have pronounced impact on the urban housing condition in Less Developed Countries. Despite the gradual but steady movement by governments of many Less Developed Countries towards sites-and-services and upgrading, public housing, with its high financial cost to the government and its many inadequacies to the low-income groups, continues to be the national housing approach in Nigeria. This thesis is an attempt to examine urban housing approaches in the Less Developed Countries since about the 1950s and, with reference to Nigeria, identify the current major issues in adequately providing housing for the majority of the urban population. Consideration is then given to posible approaches to tackling issues, particularly under the prevailing economic climate in Nigeria. Chapter one is a general introduction to the thesis and it also gives a brief background to the low-income people in Nigeria. Chapter two discusses the urban housing situation in Nigeria and examines various attempts at improving it, particularly with reference to the low-income people. Chapter three reviews the different housing ideas that have evolved over the years, from the 1950s, in Less Developed Countries in an attempt to find a solution to the urban housing problems. In an attempt to improve the situation of low-income peoples' housing in Less Developed Countries, many governments experiment with contemporary housing ideas of sites-and-services and upgrading. Chapter four examines some of the experiments. The experiments with recent ideas by some countries in chapter four show that despite the inherent advantages of sites-and-services and upgrading over previous housing ideas, such as public housing, some major issues are yet to be adequately addressed. Such issues are examined in chapter five. Chapter six is a general discussion on the current major isues identified in the thesis and consideration is then given to possible approaches to tackling them in Nigeria.
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Aturamu, O. B. "Microfinance : a strategy for facilitating low cost housing in Nigeria." Thesis, University of Salford, 2018. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/47196/.
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Providing financing options for low income earners is one of the most complex challenges faced by developing countries worldwide. Low income earners require finance to meet their basic needs one of which includes housing. However, in developing countries, this remains a critical issue and many households struggle with obtaining finance for housing purposes. Nigeria is no exception and has over the years grappled with huge housing deficit with the situation going from bad to worse and the continuous and rapidly growing population in Nigeria requires an additional one million housing units per year to reduce the housing deficit in order to avert a housing crisis in the country. One way which has been identified over the years to overcome this housing deficit is by scaling up innovative products like housing microfinance, which have been successfully adopted by other countries with similar macroeconomic indices. These countries have been seen to recognise the role and importance of microfinance and though Nigeria’s financial sector is more developed and diversified compared to many other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, its microfinance sector is still at an infant stage with very few operators of significant scale. Nigeria despite having over 900 microfinance banks spread across the country, has only 7 national banks which have been identified as having the capacity to provide finance for housing specific activities. This therefore means that the vast potential of housing microfinance to be used as an avenue to facilitate housing is still not being explored and very little emphasis has been placed on the role which microfinance institutions can play in achieving this objective therefore, housing microfinance still exists on a very small scale. The research adopts a case study approach to explore the perspectives of stakeholders involved in the provision of housing microfinance so as to gain an in-depth understanding of their perceptions, opinions and experiences in the research area with the aim of identifying the problems and challenges militating against the scaling up of housing microfinance. An extensive review of literature on the challenges microfinance banks face that deter them from scaling up their housing finance portfolio was done, with the research focusing on the providers of housing microfinance in the form of some identified stakeholders. This research identified the factors mitigating against the expansion of housing microfinance and identified the critical success factors necessary to achieve scale. Content Analysis and descriptive analysis was used to expatiate the most crucial factors that deter microfinance banks from scaling up their housing portfolio and the results obtained identified constraints related to three main variables namely Government Policies, Bank Processes and Public perception. It is recommended that the government implement policies that recognises incremental building through housing microfinance as the option available to low income earners to finance their housing needs and design a housing policy that will recognise this. This will in turn reflect on the processes the banks go through in processing housing loans and influence the perception that the general public have towards housing microfinance. This will enable microfinance banks to scale up their housing finance portfolio and reduce operational cost for the banks thereby translating into lower interest rates being charged and more low income earners being offered housing loans.
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Raimi, Taofiq. "Achieving customer satisfaction in a private housing organisation in Nigeria." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2017. http://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3014173/.
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Achieving customer satisfaction in a private housing organisation in Nigeria by Raimi, Taofiq “Housing is one of the necessities of life after food” (Taiwo and Adeboye, 2013, p.79) and is ranked second (only) to food in the hierarchy of human needs (Afolayan et al., 2010). However, housing acquisition takes a substantial portion of an individual income or household savings. This perhaps explains the importance people attach to their investment in housing as well as the frustration and dissatisfaction if their expectations are not met by their home-developers. This study examines the problem of housing customer satisfaction in a private home-developer organisation in Nigeria. The problem concerns the inability of my organisation to deliver overall satisfaction to its homebuyers about its house product and service quality delivery. The aim of the study is, therefore, to gain better understanding of the problem for resolution and knowledge creation. The study is an action research (AR) conducted by the researcher, I, a practitioner in own organisation. Such a research is “context-bound and involves action which is designed to change local situations” (Koshy et al., 2010, p.13). A constructivist paradigm (Easterby-Smith et al., 2008) is applied which allows the researcher to elicit and develop the perspectives of the participants (Carr, 2006, p.424) on the problem. Purposive sampling (Creswell, 2007) were used to recruit participants while primary data were obtained through face-to-face in-depth interviews on twenty-one research participants connected to the organisation (problem) comprising fifteen past homebuyers and six organisation managers. Interviews transcripts were analysed using qualitative content analysis approach in an inductive way (Elo &Kyngas, 2007; Hsieh & Shannon, 2005; Burnard, 1991; Bengtsson, 2016 etc.). Six generic categories were developed namely: i) Homebuyer characteristics ii) Housing Expectations iii) Housing communicated iv) Actual Housing v) Implications of housing satisfaction vi) Housing satisfaction solutions, thus, provided sufficient description and understanding about the practice problem for improve practice. The research findings, among others, showed aspects of the housing deliveries whereby the organisation has excelled and other areas where ‘unsatisfactory’ performances were recorded. A house product and service quality dimensions (HPSQD) as well as Technical Requirements (Solutions) for overall housing customer satisfaction practice were developed and helped the organisation to refine its housing delivery practice. Through a process of action and reflection and consensus building between the researcher and the organisation managers the research results have been successfully implemented in the organisation. The research has contributed significantly to the researcher own practice, organisation policies and theory development in the research field of housing satisfaction in the private sector. The current work is a significant contribution to the on-going debate among housing researchers aimed at attaining satisfied customers particularly in the private housing sector in the developing countries like Nigeria. There are few if any studies on such issues relating to the developing countries, that is why, even with the literature that is available, I have to do my own study. Future research could be conducted to see if there are any other issues with regards to public sector or taking samples from many private sector homebuilders to achieve outcomes generalisation.
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Olusegun, Gabriel K. "Critical examination of facilities management in housing : a study of housing estates in Lagos State, Nigeria." Thesis, University of Bolton, 2015. http://ubir.bolton.ac.uk/784/.
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Adequate housing provision for the growing population in Lagos State, Nigeria is a major challenge. Addressing this challenge necessitated the involvement of both public and private sectors in the development of housing estates. However, regardless of the nature and ownership status of these housing estates, they need to be properly managed; hence the integration of facilities management (FM) into their management. The research objectives included a critical examination of FM strategies, policies and processes adopted in housing management through data collection and elucidation. In conducting this research, qualitative grounded theory (GT) and case study methodologies were adopted. This was done in order to understand, and thereby gain knowledge of the practice of FM in housing. Consequently, interview was conducted with 26 Facilities Managers and 971 residents in 20 different housing estates. The emergent facts from the analysed data revealed that the organisation structure of FM department and their roles depend on the nature of the housing estate concerned, and their purpose. Furthermore, FM is of immense benefit to the housing estates where it is practiced, as it had positively impacted on their general condition and goodwill. Some of the challenges besetting the practice of FM in housing cut across the strategic, tactical and operational aspects. The most pressing ones were financial constraints, residents‘ behaviour; and some of the Facilities Managers‘ lacked the requisite academic and professional qualifications. Some of the recommendations included the need to adequately train and properly empower the Facilities Managers and their teams to ensure FM effectiveness; the adoption of residents-led FM approach; and the need for comprehensive improvement on the existing housing environment especially in housing estates with aging infrastructures.
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Rahman, M. Ashiq-Ur. "Housing the urban poor in Bangladesh : a study of housing conditions, policies and organisations." Thesis, Heriot-Watt University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10399/2600.
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The rapid urbanisation process in developing countries has heightened the crisis of employment, shelter provision and urban services. The increased number of urban population and lack of institutional capacity is causing urban poverty, which has two-way cause-effect relationship with inadequate housing and service provision. In Bangladesh almost 30% of the urban population is living in slums and squatters. To address the housing issues of the urban poor, different programmes and policies have been designed and implemented internationally based on different macro-economic development approaches. The main development approaches are Modernisation, Keynesian, Basic Needs, Neo-liberal and Collaborative, which have been translated in different housing approaches like Conventional Housing, Public and Self-help Housing, Aided Self-help Housing, Enabling Mechanism and Community-led Housing. Thus the development approaches reframes the housing policies of a country and restructures the housing provision through different organisational arrangements to change the housing conditions of the urban poor. This study therefore examine the impact of development approaches for housing the urban poor in Bangladesh by analysing the housing conditions, policies and organisations drawing on the international theories, policies and practices. In analysing the recent context, the emphasis has been given on the impact of neo-liberalism as it is the current pre-dominant development approach in Bangladesh. By reviewing theories, policies and practices, this research first addresses the question whether there is any interrelation between housing and urban poverty, which can be capitalised for poverty alleviation. This research also explores – how ideas on pro-poor housing have evolved over time and whether these have produced varied results under different development approaches. It also investigates the roles of different actors under different organisational arrangements of housing provision influenced by the recent development approaches. The research then applies the concepts drawn from the international perspective to build an understanding of the Bangladesh context. Thus the research is mostly qualitative in nature and the international perspective is based on a review of the literature. To understand the Bangladesh context, in the macro level policy analysis, grey materials (unpublished policy documents) and key informant interview were the main methods of data collection. To understand the housing conditions of the urban poor, at the macro level secondary information has been used, and in the micro level - information has been collected from two case study settlements. For the descriptive statistics - census data of case study settlements has been collected in partnership with the Urban Partnership for Poverty Reduction Programme team. Sixty household interviews and four focus group discussions were performed to acquire qualitative information on the housing process of the urban poor including the role of different actors for service provision in those settlements. The research found that theoretically there is an interrelation between housing and urban poverty, as housing acts as an asset for ensuring livelihood opportunities for the urban poor. The empirical evidence of Bangladesh also shows that there is a symbiotic relationship between housing and livelihood opportunity of the urban poor. The threat of eviction and lack of service provision affect this livelihood opportunity. Internationally to address the housing issues of the urban poor several attempts have been made based on different development approaches. In Bangladesh these practices were introduced under the pressure of external agencies rather than any endogenous attempt and failed to cater for the urban poor. Though different approaches exist internationally, in Bangladesh, neo-liberalism is the pre-dominant approach for articulating public policies. Most of the public policies thus refer to the market enabling approach for housing the urban poor. Internationally, the organisational arrangement of decentralisation has been seen as a pro-poor arrangement under the market enabling approach. In Bangladesh this arrangement failed to deliver housing and services for the urban poor. The co-existence of the 'participatory enabling approach‘ and 'market enabling approach‘ in Bangladesh is another major finding of this research. The 'participatory enabling approach‘ has been exercised through a few externally aided programmes and projects and the existing organisational arrangement is not conducive to this approach, which this research refers to as a policy failure. Moreover, this research identifies that 'market enabling approach‘ under the neo-liberal development approach failed to improve the housing conditions of the urban poor, failed to articulate pro-poor policy frameworks which affected the organisational arrangements and modes of housing provision for the urban poor. However, understanding the capability of informal networked actions of the urban poor, this research also advocates a 'participatory enabling approach‘ and a pro-poor housing policy in Bangladesh.
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Mathe, Audrin. "A comparative analysis of housing policies of Namibia and South Africa." Master's thesis, Faculty of Commerce, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/30077.
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Both Namibia and South Africa have had mixed success in their housing policies since the advent of democracy in both countries in the 1990s. This paper proceeds from the hypothesis that each country can learn useful lessons from each other in respect of housing policy. The primary purpose of this research was to describe and systematically compare the housing policies of Namibia and South Africa. The historical backgrounds of the countries, existing policies and the manner in which the policies are implemented were investigated. The research examined the housing policies of Namibia and South Africa in terms of their similarities and differences and to consider the impact and implications. Namibia and South Africa vary in their expenditure commitments to provide affordable homes. Their housing policy strategies also differ. Differences reflect different levels of prosperity and differences in governance and institutional arrangements. The study concluded that the policies of Namibia and South Africa are, in the main, similar in that both Namibia and South Africa have enacted legislation that govern matters related to housing – either as housing relates to financing and affordability or as a function of ownership. South Africa stands out, however, in that the right to adequate housing is a prescript of the constitution. In both the investigated countries, there is evidence that their policies are committed to a housing process built on the foundations of people’s participation and partnerships. But there are also differences with regard to implementation. In this study, it is brought to bear on both countries that the provision of housing was not all that successful. But good policies are a good start to a successful outcome of a process.
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Odunlami, T. A. "The ineffectiveness of land use policies : A case study of Nigeria." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.382299.
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Mifsud, Paul Victor. "An evaluation of housing patterns and policies in Malta." Thesis, Keele University, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.263123.
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Egbu, Anthony U. "Impact of land use planning on urban housing development in Nigeria." Thesis, University of Wolverhampton, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.440866.
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Muhktar, Bichi Ado. "Land accessibility and implications for housing development in Kano Metropolis, Nigeria." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2010. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/14550/.
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The thesis explores access to land with particular reference to implications for housing development in Kano metropolitan area, Nigeria. It specifically addresses access for the urban low-income groups who are more likely to experience housing difficulties because of their socioeconomic disadvantages. The thesis provides an in-depth empirical and theoretical analysis of policy formulation and implementation with respect to land and housing in Nigeria. Two research methods are utilised to generate the required data for the study; a questionnaire survey and semi-structured interviews. The thesis is divided into two parts; the first part addresses the philosophical and methodological issues employed in the research and introduces the contextual background of the study. The second part presents the major empirical findings of the study. Chapter Five discusses past and present access to land in Kano metropolis. It explores how policies relate to the operation of an illegal land market and explains the implications of this for the proliferation of informal settlements. Analysis has shown that state policies have benefited most members of the Kano community. Chapter Six discusses the policy process concerning land and housing in Kano and considers the interface between policy guidelines, policy implementation and the success of the state housing programmes especially in the metropolitan area. The chapter shows that there is a wide gap between policy formulation and policy implementation, a reason that has affected the success of government land housing policies in Kano. Lapses in policy formulation, unnecessary bureaucracy, government officials playing the role of 'gatekeepers', corruption and shortages of basic working equipment were identified as major obstacles to achieving effective and efficient land allocation and housing development in Kano. Chapter Seven unravels the housing experiences of Kano residents concerning how they acquired or built their residences, the type of moral or financial assistance they utilised and their satisfaction with facilities in their respective residences. It shows how residential and neighbourhood satisfaction varies among different socio-economic groups and among households residing in different neighbourhoods. The study notes a general dissatisfaction with the government's provision of services and infrastructure in the entire metropolis.
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Wong, Lai-yin, and 黃勵賢. "An evaluation of the rental policies of the Hong Kong Housing Authority." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1994. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31967826.
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Leung, Ho-yin Albert, and 梁浩賢. "Analysis of housing policies for the elderly in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1995. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31964801.
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Rust-Ryan, Alan. "A comparative analysis of housing action trust community development policies." Thesis, University of Lincoln, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.442496.
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Jibir, Sani Dukku. "The social and cultural implications of public housing provision in Abuja, Nigeria." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 1988. http://oleg.lib.strath.ac.uk:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=21309.
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On 4 February 1976 the Federal Military Government of Nigeria promulgated Decree No. 6, initiating the removal of the national capital from Lagos to Abuja. Thus Nigeria followed Brazil, Botswana, Malawi, Pakistan, and Tanzania to become the most recent developing country to arrange for a transfer of its centre of government. Abuja is now a city of 60,000 people where the citizens experience considerable crowding especially in public housing estates. Occupancy rates of three people per room are now the norm. Recent setbacks in oil revenues and soaring trade deficits have slowed down the overall construction programme of the Federal Capital and have led to a lack of new houses to relieve the growing congestion. The water and sanitation services can be seen to be severely overused especially in areas outside Phase One and there is an evident need for urgent action in housing supply. Policies developed by John Turner and others, and adopted by International Agencies, have been used in some African cities to secure substantial increases in housing stock through self-help both for new building and for improvement of existing housing environments. Through an examination of traditional Hausa culture, which can be seen to have survived almost intact to the present day, it was found that most of the assumptions which underlie such policies as slum upgrading and site and services are absent from, or in conflict with, Hausa culture. An advocative strategy has been developed which attempts to avoid the problems imposed by the sacral nature of housing and to benefit from the resources which are present in the culture and in the present characteristics of Abuja. It is aimed at providing a hospitable environment in which the more prosperous low-income households will be encouraged to build houses for themselves and some tenants. The existing Local Government Authorities in the Federal Capital Territory would be involved in planning and implementation, the economic potential of rental housing would be restored and the building of compounds in traditional materials would be encouraged.
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Abdurrahman, Suraj A. "The housing of soldiers in military barracks, with particular reference to Nigeria." Thesis, Heriot-Watt University, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/26135.
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The research traces the housing of soldiers in Military Barracks from the time of the Roman Army, and by examining the Contemporary Military Establishment, identifies the changes that have occurred. It notes the advancement in the technology of warfare which necessitates the recruitment of a higher calibre of men into the Military. The survey methodology establishes the use and nature of the questionnaire and the priority evaluation game which was developed to obtain the soldiers' housing priorities. The data collected by the survey from a sample of soldiers is analysed, in order to understand their attitudes towards existing Barrack housing and to identify their expectations in an ideal Barrack housing. The findings show a general dissatisfaction with the existing housing and a preference for the semi- detached house with private backyard. Furthermore, the result indicates that the individual's dissatisfaction with the existing housing is associated with his level of education. The implications resulting from the majority of soldiers now being married are discussed so far as the provision of satisfactory living conditions for troops and their families affect morale and loyalty.
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Daniel, Maren Mallo. "Enabling access to housing in Jos, Nigeria : implementation and the new bureaucrats." Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, 2014. http://shura.shu.ac.uk/19532/.
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This thesis examines the notion of the enabling approach within the context of housing provision in Jos, Nigeria. The research analyses how the notion of enabling has been deployed and why it has failed to provide solutions to formal housing problems in Nigeria and other developing economies. This study takes the form of a three-step analysis; it follows the sequence of the policyimplementations. Firstly, it examined the notion of enabling in respect to the debt crisis that occurred during the 1980s and the measures taken (SAPs) by the IMF to aid Nigeria's recovery. This aspect was scrutinised and findings agreed with previous research in showing that the conditionality imposed by the IMF further crippled the economy of Nigeria thereby interfering with social services systems. This study also concurs with previous studies in confirming that the implementation of SAPs in countries affected by debt crisis, rather than bringing about recovery, was instead the beginning of a transition to neoliberalism, which obstructed attempts to provide formal housing. Secondly, the notion of enabling was scrutinised in respect to the rise of neoliberalism and the reforms implemented in Nigeria as a consequence. Primary and secondary source material was employed to examine theunderlying premises of neoliberalism. The findings show that the neoliberal policy reforms prescribed by the IMF and the World Bank for Nigeria did not deliver their promise - economic growth and national development. For the Nigerian housing sub-sector, the neoliberal reform programme left fewer results than it had promised for the subsidised mortgage system. Thirdly, the notion of enabling was examined in relation to the transfer of administrative techniques from the World Bank, the UNDP and the UNHABITAT, to Nigeria. The assumptions of this policy transfer were empirically examined in respect to the provision of new housing and the improvement of slum conditions in Jos. The study reveals that the strategy emanating was unsuitable for addressing the issues affecting the provision of new housing. It was, however, suitable for the administration of slum improvement projects. But this had the consequence of side-lining the existing bureaucratic system in Jos and of limiting the participation of domestic financial institutions in Nigeria. For Nigeria, the novelty of this research lies in the approach adopted to investigate the overall effect of the socioeconomic and political development process on housing policy outcomes in Jos. Through this, the complexities surrounding housing provision were uncovered and the variables influencing housing provision in Jos were identified. A distinction was drawn between the variables: those that result from enduring legacies of national development process and those that originate from the local setting in Jos. Overall therefore, this study demonstrates that the implementation of public policy founded on foreign ideas that are coercively imposed leads to unsustainable policy strategies. This was confirmed in respect to housing policy and practice in Jos: ambiguities in the city's housing provision strategy created difficulty for implementers, uncertainties and risk for local private investors and mistrust on the part of beneficiaries.
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Olagunju, Olatunji A. "The development of a framework for sustainable housing delivery in Lagos, Nigeria." Thesis, University of Wolverhampton, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2436/606557.
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There is an estimated 16 million housing units shortfall in Nigeria and the government cannot meet the housing needs of Nigerians because of budgetary constraints and other competing needs. It is important to note that the leaders have failed on numerous occasions to tackle the key challenges associated with a lack of infrastructure development. The emphasis has been placed on the individual homeowners fulfilling all their own requirements. The aim of this research is to develop a framework that will aid sustainable housing delivery in Lagos one of the most challenged areas of Nigeria. A clearer picture of the housing environment in Lagos was documented based on critical literature reviews, analysis of the reasons why there is a deficiency in housing and its infrastructure delivery. The aim of the researcher was following the identification of the challenges to draw up a framework that would assist the relevant stakeholders namely the householders, developers and government in overcoming these and delivering further sustainable housing. The research was completed using a mixed method including qualitative and quantitative means of acquiring necessary information in the form of a detailed literature review followed by a questionnaire survey of 500 household respondents. A total of 496 sets of data were collected through the questionnaire survey and analysed using SPSS, Excel and selected statistical methods. Validation of the framework was done using focus group discussions with stakeholders. Interviews with key housing and government personnel were also held including an analysis of 5 case studies. The key findings are that 1) the market economy approach along with flexible, efficient economic instruments are key factors in enabling the construction industry to positively respond to sustainable development in terms of resource efficiencies and environmental protection in a developing economy like Nigeria. 2) The social and political barriers cannot be overcome without a meeting of wills amongst the stakeholders. 3) There needs to be transparency and the desire to achieve the objective so the monitors will be effective to counteract dissatisfied individuals that will come out of the bureaucratic woodwork. 4) There needs to be an urban redesign driven by stakeholders keen to see government policy align with sustainable housing objectives. Key recommendations from this research are that: 1) The government should partner with the private sector to provide enough homes for Nigerians. 2) The government should henceforth concentrate in outlining good policy framework for the sector providing much needed infrastructural and financial support that will encourage sustainability and systematic development of housing in the country. The framework developed in this research is envisaged to be contributory in road mapping the way and identifying key attributes and strategy for delivering sustainable housing in Lagos, Nigeria.
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Chan, Yiu-keung. "Tenant participation and redevelopment policies of the Hong Kong Housing Authority : Kwai Fong redevelopment as a case study /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 1997. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B42574729.
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Rezende, Marisa Barcia Guaraldo Marcondes. "Planning and citizenship : decision-making in the planning process in Campo Grande, MS, Brazil." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.240366.
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Inameti, J. E. "Government housing policy in Nigeria 1960-1985 : An analysis of public policy-making." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.377813.
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Anyanwu, Ogechi Emmanuel. "THE POLICIES AND POLITICS OF MASSIFICATION OF UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN NIGERIA, 1952-2000." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1159589539.
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