Abstract
Housing is one of the essential needs of man’s survival which protects him against the weather and other harsh conditions. For housing to fulfil this basic need, it has to be qualitatively and quantitatively adequate. The factors which determine housing quality in selected residential neighbourhoods of the Bauchi metropolis were examined in this paper. Data for the study was collected from 300 households in the study area and was analysed using descriptive statistics and a non-parametric test (Independent-Samples Kruskal-Wallis Test). Housing quality in the study area is determined by the building design, roofing materials, wall materials, condition of buildings, age, internal and external facilities, etc. The quality of houses in the study area was significantly different across the neighbourhoods. However, there is no statistically significant difference across the three communities regarding the roofing materials used. This paper concludes that the government and related agencies should provide the essential services needed to improve the lives of households residing within the study area.
Highlights
Housing is one of the essential needs of man’s survival, protecting him against the weather and other harsh conditions
The tenement buildings and the room and parlour are predominantly in the study area. This confirms the findings of previous studies such as [21, 22], which reported that tenement buildings are the most common buildings used by households in Nigeria
It is revealed in this study that the determinants of housing quality are building design, roofing materials, wall materials, condition of buildings, age of the buildings, internal and external facilities, among others
Summary
Housing is one of the essential needs of man’s survival, protecting him against the weather and other harsh conditions. Author [4] asserted that housing constitutes goods and services that ease and improve good living and are essential to neighbourhood quality and preservation. It is expected that housing is provided with adequate physical infrastructure and social amenities (services) in planned, decent, safe and hygienic neighbourhoods to meet the essential and unique needs of the population [3]. While the importance of housing cannot be overemphasised, housing must be of good quality and habitable for its occupants Studies such as [12] have shown that over the past decades, housing in most Nigerian cities (except the Federal Capital City of Abuja) have experienced decay, and this includes the physical infrastructural facilities, which they attributed to being likely due to the economic downturn experienced in the nation
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