The Role Of Government In The Provision Of Housing: A Case Study Of Edo State Development And Property Authority

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Housing provision policies and approaches have long been implemented in many developing nations in a bid to ensure its affordability as an inevitable human need (Teck-Hong, 2012). Thus, public housing was born out of the clamour for improved and decent living conditions dated back to 1929, in the Bubonic Wave of 1928 – 1929 of Nigeria National Housing Planning (NHP) 1991 (Ademiluyi, 2010). Housing was treated as a basic necessity in line with other facilities as; good roads, hospitals, adequate water, electricity, school etc. One of the primary …