Affordable Housing in Nigeria and the Adequate Sustainable Approaches for Addressing Them
Despite multiple schemes implemented by various governments around the country, affordable housing remains elusive to the average Nigerian. Because the situation is comparable to that of other developing nations, it remains a key concern in these countries’ socioeconomic development. Over 52% of Nigeria’s population has been claimed to live in shanties, squatter communities, and informal settlements. This article, therefore, reviews the challenges to the provision of affordable housing in Nigeria and the Sustainable approaches to address them. The article’s findings were based on a thorough examination of the literature.
The article’s findings indicated that sustainable approaches for addressing Nigeria’s affordable housing barriers may best be examined through economic, ecological, social, institutional, and technical factors. The paper urges the present regime, investors, lawmakers, and private developers in Nigeria to implement these approaches for affordable housing provision. The findings from this article will add to the current body of knowledge by providing important information on affordable housing provision and re-directing research interest towards affordable housing in Nigeria and other developing countries.
The notion of affordable, sustainable housing arose from the incorporation of sustainable housing characteristics into affordable housing. The idea of sustainable housing originated from the notion of sustainable development. Likewise, the notion of sustainable development arose from the global Directive of the United Nations on Development and Environment which defined sustainable development as “development directed toward satisfying today’s generation requirements while maintaining future generations’ capabilities to meet their own demands when they arise”. Confronting the requirements of the current generation while also ensuring the ability to address the requirements of upcoming generations, as stated in the WCED article, is primarily concerned with achieving a social, environmental, and economic balance in the pursuit of development. 
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