Public private partnership was introduced in Nigeria to resolve the current housing deficit and increase affordable housing provision and accessibility in Nigeria. Therefore, this study aims to evaluate the measurement model of PPP problem and the success factors of public private partnership for affordable housing provision in Abuja. Data were obtained by interviewing with public private partnership experts to identify the problems partnership and critical success factors of PPP, and then questionnaires were conducted on challenges of public private partnership for housing project in Nigeria. A total of 256 responses were obtained and analyzed using intelligent partial least square analysis to determine the critical success factors for housing project provision in Abuja.

The study discover that; project economic viability, adequate legal framework, effective procurement process, strong private sector, sound financial package, and judicial government control are the factors that will resolve the problem of public private partnership for affordable housing provision in Abuja. Therefore, it suggests that the government should vigorously provide policies to backing the success of public private partnership in the provision of housing in Abuja and provide funds of subsidy to promote the development of public private partnership headed for the provision of affordable housing. Therefore, it is recommended to establish a useful framework for affordable housing project using public private partnership to provide affordable housing successfully.

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