The practice and roles of condominium housing for tackling urban problems in the case of Gondar city, Ethiopia

Abstract

Ethiopia today faces a contemporary urban problem of housing as a result of rapid population growth. The government designed the condominium housing program to afford houses for the residents, which requires the provision of infrastructure and faculties in the new developed areas. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate condominium housing institutional problems, actors, and roles in reducing urban problems. The researcher used mixed research approaches. The data was collected through key informant interviews, observation, satellite and aerial photo-image, and document reviews. As the data shows, local governments, municipalities, planning offices, small and micro enterprises, banks, contractors, and service providers participated in the condominium construction. However, there were poor administrations follow-up and resulted on the quality of the houses. The condominium can manage land; enhance housing supply, minimize service provision costs and expenses for compensation, reduce the number of expropriated farmers, minimize horizontal city expansion; and enhance relative housing affordability compared with plot-based houses.