Factors Affecting Housing Delivery

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.0 Introduction The delivery system of housing in the country is a combination of many integrated components which include land, building materials, infrastructure, policies, building regulations and more importantly finance. The priority accorded the issue of housing is immense; to most governments, the availability of sufficient but basic housing for all is often stated as a priority for enhancing the social needs of the society. In Nigeriaalone there is a shortage of 150,000 units annually (National housing policy, 2004), the government alone with its public housin…