Tag Archives: Social housing

When you talk about social housing for the masses, the words that come to mind are cheap, affordable, non-profit driven, mass produced houses that could be occupied by low income earners, who may wish to save towards eventually buying such houses with time. Considering the fact that Nigeria has a housing deficit of about 17 million units, any information that ...

“A Lagos- based real estate company – Realty Point Limited has again unfolded its flagship mass housing programme, Cedar Homes, which is pioneering eco-friendly and environmentally sustainable gated community. The estate showcases five unique attraction points which include Flexible Design Concepts, Reservation of Units for as low as N10, 000 an Escrow Account where monies paid by customers will be ...

The President, Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers, Dr. Joshua Patunola-Ajayi, has said that in order to reduce the country’s housing deficit and provide accommodation for low-income earners, the government needs to engage more in social and investment housing. He said the NIESV had sent out proposals to the Federal Government to look at housing as a total programme ...

The federal government has committed N44 billion to the development of social housing in the 2016 budget, in fulfillment of its proposed plan to build one million housing units across the country yearly. Prof. Mohammed Al-Amin, Managing Director of Federal Housing Authority (FHA), disclosed this when he visited the Turkish Embassy in Abuja, as a follow-up to the recent visit ...

Selection of the site is, arguably, the single most important consideration in the process of providing housing. Factors such as the location, size and accessibility of a site and its proximity to amenities and services are important to the future development of a self-sustaining community. In the wider context, any new housing development will have a significant impact on the ...