Abstract
The rental system in Ghana’s low-income housing communities, challenges and adaptation strategies
Highlights
Shelter is one of the fundamental needs of human survival aside food and clothing
The vast majority (69.4%) of the participants were aged between 30-49 years, of which Akrobi had the highest number (44.8%) of tenants who fall within the age range 30-39 years and Jensoso has the largest number (57.4%) who fall within the age range 40-49 years
Housing is a basic necessity of life, over half of the population in Ghana lives in poor housing conditions, where they have hardly any or no access to adequate sanitary facilities, household facilities, and community infrastructure
Summary
Shelter is one of the fundamental needs of human survival aside food and clothing. the provision of adequate housing to accommodate people, especially the urban poor, has been challenging (Bujang, Afrane, Ariffian, Shuaibu & Kasim, 2016: 18). The acute shortage of housing is a principal issue for all, especially low-income earners (Aboagye & Sarpong-Kumankoma, 2011: 17). This is so because many nations, especially sub-Saharan Africa nations, have over the years experienced high urban population growth and high housing demands against inadequate supply (Magina, 2016: 24). It is projected that, by 2021, approximately thirty-five million housing units will be needed on an annual basis to cater for newly formed households and the replacement of weak ones in the urban centres (Dzangmah, 2012: 11)
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