Comparative Analysis of National Housing Policies and Housing Supply Situations in Nigeria and South Africa
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Date
2012-05-05
Authors
Anyakora, M.I
Ilechukwu, V.U
Nubi, T.G
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Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Lagos
Abstract
Often the disparity in housing situations of various countries are traced to corresponding differences in: the housing policy formulation process, contextual provisions of the policies, macro economic situation, and level of development. This paper evaluates the housing policies of Nigeria and South Africa in order to determine the level of housing
provisions in the two countries. The study combined qualitative and quantitative research methods to realize the objectives of this paper. This expository research paper used content analysis approach to evaluate secondary source data from the two countries. Comparatively, National housing policy of South Africa emphasized the working
together of privately driven market and social housing provision in housing delivery while Nigerian housing policy focused only on privately driven market system. By maintaining a steady focus on tradeoff between privately driven housing market and social housing provision directly targeted at the low-income class South African housing policy has done better in expanding access to housing among the populace than Nigeria‟s housing policy which tilts more towards attaining a privately driven housing delivery market system in which the government plays an enabling role. This implies that private housing system need to recognize the crucial complementary role of social housing in the attainment of efficient housing delivery and for housing policy to work for the poor in most countries.
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Housing policy , Housing supply , Social housing , Nigeria , South Africa , Research Subject Categories::FORESTRY, AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES and LANDSCAPE PLANNING
Citation
Anyakora, M.I. Ilechukwu, V.U. and Nubi, T.G (2012), Comparative Analysis of National Housing Policies and Housing Supply situations in Nigeria and South Africa. Urban and Regional Planning Review, University of Lagos. 3(1&2) :36 - 48