Housing design for residential livability: the low-income earner perspective

In Nigeria, statistics has shown that over 7 out of every 10 people live below the minimum poverty level and 9 of every 10 are in the low-income group (Fadairo & Olotuah, 2013). This indicates that, these people cannot provide housing for themselves, they need intervention from government throug...

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Main Authors: Bashari, Sunusi, Hashim, Ahmad Hariza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Readers Insight Publisher 2019
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/80081/1/Housing%20design%20for%20residential%20livability%20the%20low-income%20earner%20perspective.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/80081/
https://readersinsight.net/APSS/article/view/692
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Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia
Language: English
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Summary:In Nigeria, statistics has shown that over 7 out of every 10 people live below the minimum poverty level and 9 of every 10 are in the low-income group (Fadairo & Olotuah, 2013). This indicates that, these people cannot provide housing for themselves, they need intervention from government through public low-cost housing. Public Low-cost housing has been defined as constructed public residential houses funded by the government or in partnership with the government under the public-private partnership (PPP) scheme, to provide affordable housing for low-income people (Ayoola & Amole, 2014; Makinde, 2014a). The results indicated that, there is need to consider users preferences in construction of public low-cost housing so as achieve maximum satisfaction.