RESIDENTS’ PERCEPTION OF DETERMINANTS OF HOUSING QUALITY OF ABAJI CITY, FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY, NIGERIA

Abstract

This paper evaluates the resident’s perception of determinants of housing quality of Abaji City. Data were collected through structured questionnaire and administered based on stratified random sampling (zones of traditional and non-traditional residences). Data collected for the evaluation include, house structural characteristics, in-house and environmental facilities. Analysis of data was done by factor analysis with statistical package for social science (SPSS 10.0) and Excel package. The mean housing quality of each houses sampled were arrived at after scoring the variables. The results depict that; compound houses and bungalow dominate Abaji City, and generally the city lack houses with good quality. There is also no significant difference in type of houses found in both zones. However, there is positive relationship between the type of building and rental value, and between road accessibility and rental value of a house. Based on the findings, it is recommended that, the appropriate officers of local authority to prevent further development of ram-shackle buildings in the area must enforce building regulations. Moreover, constant improvement on the infrastructural facilities to cater for population explosion in the nearest future of the area is necessary for sustainable development.