Housing Affordability Amongst Government Employees In Oyo State, Nigeria
Adeleke, Moses Adegbile
Department of Estate Management and Valuation, Oke Ogun Polytechnic, Saki, Oyo State, Nigeria
Keywords: Accommodation, Government Workers, Rent, Affordable, Oyo State
Abstract
Housing is well-known basic human need. Among the challenges of housing, is its unaffordable to Nigerian employees. The reason being that their take home does not accommodate meeting their most significant basic needs. This study looked in to the financial capacity of government employees in Oyo State, Nigeria. Two government Ministries and parastatals were choosen employing the purposive sampling. One hundred and ten (120) government employees were selected. Questionnaires that were returned were 98. The most significant information was retrieved through the administered questionnaires, the data was then analysed through description and median score statistics. The findings revealed that on a emblematic basis, Oyo State Government workers could hardly manage to offset rent because most of them particularly the medium and substantial income groups spent less than 30 percent of their yearly income on housing. This study therefore suggested that there should be public-private partnerships that will enhance sustainable housing for the populace.