ANALYSIS OF RENTAL HOUSING QUALITY AND CO-TENANTS RELATIONSHIP IN MINNA, NIGERIA

ABSTRACT

The quantitative and qualitative shortfall of housing in Nigeria occasioned by population explosion is a primary driver of rental buildings. However, the quality of the rental buildings and satisfaction of tenants has become a major source of concern for government at all levels. Therefore, this study examines the quality and social relationship impact among tenants of tenement houses in Minna, Niger State with the view to suggesting ways of improving housing quality and satisfaction of the tenants. The study investigates the level of tenant’s satisfaction/dissatisfaction perceived by the tenants of rental houses in Minna; assessed housing quality, examine factors that has militated against cordial relationship between co-tenants; establish to what extent social relationship, contribute to tenant’s satisfaction, and propose ways of improving co-tenant relationship as to better tenement houses. The study used a cross-sectional survey, questionnaire was administered to selected rental houses in Minna. The response from the questionnaire was subjected to descriptive statistics; frequency distribution table with percentages and Likert scale was used. The findings showed that the adequate building facilities in the study area was toilet facility. The adequacy rating computed was 3.71. Next to this was kitchen facility with adequacy rating of 3.61. The least in adequacy was septic tank (2.27) and next to this was a drainages facility (2.81). It also discovered that most common causes of conflicts amongst residents of the face-me-I-face-you type of tenements residential houses in Minna is inadequate infrastructure. It was discovered that Inadequate infrastructure contributes greatly as a source of conflicts. The study concludes that tenants were fairly satisfied with the tenement housing in the area, and it could be observed that the environmental quality of most of the rental housing in the study area were in deplorable conditions. It therefore recommends that adequate policy formulation to guide and bring about sustainable rental housing provision as an alternative to home ownership in the study area and in Nigeria at large.