Assessing the Impact of Usersa？？ Needs on Housing Quality in Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria

This paper examines the relationship between users’ needs and housing quality. It appraises the influence of the needs of the user population on housing quality. The paper reports a research on housing an aspect of which is housing quality and variables impinging on it. Two public housing schemes in Ado-Ekiti, the capital city of Ekiti State, Nigeria, namely, the Federal Low Cost Housing Estate and the State Housing Estate were studied. There were 87 semi-detached houses and 5 single–family houses on the Federal Low-Cost Housing Estate; while on the State Housing Estate, there were 10 semi-detached houses, and 44 single family houses. All the buildings were investigated and thus no sampling was done. Forty-one variables were investigated. Observed outcome of variables investigated constituted the data for the survey. The data obtained show that public services and infrastructure are inadequate in the housing estates. The findings further show that housing quality is significantly correlated with a number of variables such as quality of design and construction, provision and quality of facilities and amenities and users’ needs. The paper asserts that users’ housing needs should be taken into due consideration in the design of housing schemes