Housing Transformation and its Impact on Neighbourhoods in Selected Low-Income Public Housing Estates in Lagos,Nigeria
Abstract:
The study investigated housing Transformation and its impact on the neighbourhood in two selected public low- income housing estates in Lagos State. The analysis of the impact and extent of these Transformations on the houses and their attributes as well as their general consequences for the neighbourhoods was carried out. The general approach to this study was exploratory and descriptive, based on both qualitative and quantitative research techniques because the qualitative enquiries helped to explore the diversities in a situation or phenomenon while the extent or magnitude was determined through the quantitative means. The survey method was employed using questionnaires. The respondents were 614 residents of the housing estates, randomly selected from a total of 2,870 residents in the two estates. In addition, in-depth interviews were conducted as part of the qualitative data on 15 residents purposively selected. The data collected were subjected to statistical analyses using frequencies, percentages, cross tabulations, discriminant and factor analysis. The results revealed that the Estates consisted of households with diverse social and economic backgrounds living together. This meant that over time, the estates had become heterogeneous in composition as against the original residents who were low-income earners. The result also showed that 75.7% of the total residents had transformed their houses and an average of 89% of the open spaces allocated to each housing unit had been built up there-by reducing the air circulation space around the housing units. The nature of transformation observed were mainly through the addition of more bedrooms either for private or commercial purposes, enlargement of some domestic interior spaces for convenience, conversion of existing dwelling spaces to shops and other forms of business outfits and outright reconstruction of an entire building. The process of transformation for most of the residents, as evident from the data, begins with the addition of more bedrooms followed by erection of perimeter fences with the majority sourcing for fund through personal savings ORDER COMPLETE MATERIAL FROM CHAPTER 1-5
