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Housing Policy: An Analysis of Public Housing Policy Strategies for Low-Income Earners in Nigeria

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  • Emmanuel Joseph Odoyi

    (Department of Built Environment, School of Engineering, Aalto University, Otakaari 4, P.O. Box 12200, Aalto, 02150 Espoo, Finland)

  • Kirsikka Riekkinen

    (Department of Built Environment, School of Engineering, Aalto University, Otakaari 4, P.O. Box 12200, Aalto, 02150 Espoo, Finland
    National Land Survey of Finland, P.O. Box 84, 00521 Helsinki, Finland)

Abstract

This article evaluates the Global South housing policy for low-income earners by utilising the Nigerian example to analyse public housing policy strategies used to provide housing to low-income earners. The materials employed in the study were housing policy programme documents provided by various ministries that are linked to housing between 1991 and 2020. The housing policy documents were subjected to qualitative content and thematic analysis. The analysis of the selected housing policy documents showed seven key policy strategies that are intended to strengthen affordable housing development. These strategic themes are funds, schemes, governments, implementation, development, land, and rurality. The findings indicated that the existence of housing policy strategical themes does not translate to affordable housing development and housing affordability for low-income earners, though the effective activation and implementation of strategical themes will promote affordable housing development.

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  • Emmanuel Joseph Odoyi & Kirsikka Riekkinen, 2022. "Housing Policy: An Analysis of Public Housing Policy Strategies for Low-Income Earners in Nigeria," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(4), pages 1-27, February.
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