TY - JOUR
T1 - Urban resilience for sustainable homeownership
T2 - the role of self-help in the ancient city of Benin, Nigeria
AU - Ebekozien, Andrew
AU - Aigbavboa, Clinton
AU - Samsurijan, Mohamad Shaharudin
AU - Salman, Ahmad
AU - Amadi, Godspower C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, Andrew Ebekozien, Clinton Aigbavboa, Mohamad Shaharudin Samsurijan, Ahmad Salman and Godspower C. Amadi.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Purpose: The organised self-help approach successfully enhances urban low-income earners' (LIE) homeownership in some developing countries. The technique can enhance urban resilience for sustainable LIE homeownership. There is a paucity of studies concerning sustainable homeownership for Nigeria's urban LIE through a self-help approach. The study investigated the housing needs of the urban LIE via organised self-help mechanisms and how the same can enhance urban resilience for sustainable homeownership in the Ancient City of Benin, Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach: Given the unexplored nature of the issue, 20 face-to-face interviews were conducted with experts and analysed through a thematic approach. Findings: Findings identified eleven main barriers faced by the urban LIE. This includes the absence of government housing policy, funding frameworks, urban land scarcity, high property development costs, naira devaluation, high-interest rates, inflation, bribery and corruption, lax mortgage sub-sector, high cost of infrastructure, and government bureaucracy. Originality/value: This study will contribute to pioneering the role of organised self-help mechanisms in urban resilience for sustainable LIE homeownership in developing cities via a qualitative approach. Also, findings would significantly contribute to developing countries' sustainable housing and urban resilience literature.
AB - Purpose: The organised self-help approach successfully enhances urban low-income earners' (LIE) homeownership in some developing countries. The technique can enhance urban resilience for sustainable LIE homeownership. There is a paucity of studies concerning sustainable homeownership for Nigeria's urban LIE through a self-help approach. The study investigated the housing needs of the urban LIE via organised self-help mechanisms and how the same can enhance urban resilience for sustainable homeownership in the Ancient City of Benin, Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach: Given the unexplored nature of the issue, 20 face-to-face interviews were conducted with experts and analysed through a thematic approach. Findings: Findings identified eleven main barriers faced by the urban LIE. This includes the absence of government housing policy, funding frameworks, urban land scarcity, high property development costs, naira devaluation, high-interest rates, inflation, bribery and corruption, lax mortgage sub-sector, high cost of infrastructure, and government bureaucracy. Originality/value: This study will contribute to pioneering the role of organised self-help mechanisms in urban resilience for sustainable LIE homeownership in developing cities via a qualitative approach. Also, findings would significantly contribute to developing countries' sustainable housing and urban resilience literature.
KW - Benin city
KW - Homeownership
KW - Shelter
KW - Sustainability
KW - Urban low-income earners (LIE)
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U2 - 10.1108/IJBPA-03-2023-0033
DO - 10.1108/IJBPA-03-2023-0033
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85165752915
SN - 2398-4708
VL - 41
SP - 201
EP - 216
JO - International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation
JF - International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation
IS - 6
ER -