Site and Services as a Viable Option for Accelerated Housing Development in Nigeria
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Date
2018-08
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International Journal of Advanced Research in Public Policy, Social Development and Enterprise Studies
Abstract
Thousing in Nigeria through public housing
intervention has been a tale of woes as Government's
attempts through various housing policies and programmes
to confront the nagging problems of accommodating an
increasing number of Nigerians have not achieve great
success. The current housing deficit of 17 million units calls
for a radical action to solving the problem of shortage of
affordable housing in the country. In recent times, there has
become a growing need for government to collaborate with
the private sector to conceive innovative schemes in meeting
with the increasing housing demands of the populace. This
paper discusses site and service scheme as a viable option for
housing development in Nigeria. It was observed that the site
and services scheme in most cities of the country are not being
properly managed by the Government. The paper
recommends that a futuristic approach to ensure
sustainability of the scheme should be adopted. This should
involve the provision of adequate infrastructural facilities to
guarantee the first aspect of development, and then followed
with proper maintenance management to ensure the
continuous functioning of such facilities
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Keywords
Adequate Nigeria., affordable housing, Development, Housing Policies, Site, services scheme, Infrastructure, Facilities, Nigeria.