Housing Studies

At the conclusion of this course, students should be able to: 1. illustrate competences in the concepts of housing delivery systems, standards; 2. housing policies in Nigeria and their relationships to town planning process; 3. demonstrate competencies in Housing needs and demand; 4. illustrate a basic housing delivery scheme system; and 5. describe a policy formulation framework to meet special and general housing needs.

Housing needs, demand and supply. Basic principles guiding housing standards; housing finance; investment by public, private and cooperative sectors, subsidies, loans and mortgage funds. Characteristics of Housing in Nigeria: design methods, construction materials, maintenance, forms and functions of elements. Housing policy: objectives and programmes. Appraisal of existing housing options in Nigeria. Case studies – planned public housing, planned private housing and traditional housing. The universality of the housing problem. Classification of dwellings by building, materials, location, tenure and design variables. Assessing housing needs and demand in quantitative terms. Population structure, household, characteristics of housing, housing delivery systems.