Abstract
In recent years, most of the urban centers in Nigeria are fast experiencing housing problems such as unaffordable housing and environmental challenges, all of which determine the nature of housing quality. This research centers on Iba Low Cost Housing Estate, Ojo and the Unity Low Cost Housing Estate Alimosho to carry out a comparative analysis of the residential quality. The research reveals the dilapidated state of the public estate infrastructures due to poor management, thus recommended constant upgrading of infrastructures in the estate and an establishment of local housing trust funds for the development of affordable housing to reduce the pressure on available ones. Key words: Housing, residential quality, low cost housing scheme, public and private estates.
Highlights
Housing is defined as the total residential neighbourhood/ environment or micro district including the physical structure, all necessary services, facilities and apparatus for the total health and social well-being of the individual and family (Salau, 1992)
Study area maps were extracted from the GIS laboratory of Geography and planning department of Lagos State University, Information about housing estate was sourced from both State and Federal Ministries of Urban and Housing, Lagos State Development Property
The characteristics of the setback observation in the two estates reveal that government estate observes setback than privately owned estates, in the public estate the building do not observe a uniform distance between buildings and the access roads as the estate utilizes the setback for the construction of shops and temporary structures, the private estate have a minimal number of temporary structures
Summary
Housing is defined as the total residential neighbourhood/ environment or micro district including the physical structure, all necessary services, facilities and apparatus for the total health and social well-being of the individual and family (Salau, 1992). It is seen as the physical environment in which the family and society’s basic units must develop. Housing structures are enclosures in which people are housed for lodging, living accommodation or even work places It is considered as one of the most basic of human needs. The demand for housing knows no limits as population growth and urbanization increase very rapidly,
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