Civil Servants Housing Affordability Challenges in Port Harcourt Metropolis Nigeria

International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) | Volume VI, Issue XII, December 2019 | ISSN 2321–2705

Civil Servants Housing Affordability Challenges in Port Harcourt Metropolis Nigeria

Ubani Princewill¹, Obasiolu Comfort², Naabura Macwilliam Kingdom³

¹Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Ken Saro – Wiwa Polytechnic Bori, Nigeria
²31 Rukpakwulosi Port Harcourt Nigeria
³Department of Estate Management, Ken Saro – Wiwa Polytechnic Bori, Nigeria
Corresponding Author: Ubani, Princewill

Abstract: – The decision to afford and dwell in quality and sky priced housing anchored on socio-economic eminence which remains a key determinant for standard of living, household prospect and caused by urban growth, over population, and competition for spaces in developing nations. In third world countries such as Nigeria, it also addresses income dissimilarities among the urbanites and civil servants and grants the opportunity to adequate, quality, harmless, satisfactory and worthwhile housing. Despite the fact that there are several cynicisms just before housing practitioners and authorities in providing standard and affordable housing for the various income classes, this research has none the less discovered the prevailing substantiation of its usefulness in providing affordable housing among the income class and accordingly diminishing the wide spread and inhabitation of slums or unacceptable houses. The sampling of 1200 civil servants had exposed a confident statistical relationship concerning affordability of quality, safe and adequate housing among civil servants of dissimilar income and socio economic appearances. The results from this investigation designate that challenges of affordable housing is commonly found among the civil servant since it beaconed on challenges such as housing price (4.69), house pattern and package (4.59), resident’s financial poverty(4.56),shantytown and squatters community(4.44) while Household size (r = .224, p>.05), Transportation (r = .217, p<.05), Non-housing expenses: (r = .265, p<0.5) geographic location (r = – .053 p > .05) the research also considered as the improvement solution for housing affordability among the civil servants. The study highlights the need for Nigeria government, housing practitioners and other authorities assigned with the obligation of providing standard and affordable housing for the civil servants to develop more houses that civil servants can afford to populate or access without any loan from financial institution or other impediments.

Keywords: Challenges, Housing, affordability, civil servants and Port Harcourt

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