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With an estimated population of 21 million and a 3,000 new migrants daily rate, the city of Lagos is overburdened with excessive demand for public goods and services for which it is currently lacking. For example, Lagos has a housing deficit of 5 million units and 70% of this population live in slums and informal communities across the city. Response by the government to affordable housing raises questions such as “what is affordable and affordable for who”? 70% informal settlement statistics suggests that the city’s majority are poor people, hence, effective interventions should target this population specifically. Access to affordable and adequate housing is a critical component of the Sustainable Development (SDG) and the new urban agenda frameworks and their direct impacts on factors such as livelihood, education, health, sanitation and overtime, term economic outputs of cities. Globally, the framework of urban sustainability is largely inclusive of accessibility to formal housing for all. In Nigeria, the process to stable housing is largely inhibited by land insecurity and tenure insecurity. Furthermore, several studies provide evidence to suggest that homelessness is growing at a record high in Nigerian cities and the rapidity of urbanization in Nigeria makes accessible housing for all a critical next step. This presentation is based on an ongoing working paper on the steps of “in-situ” Slum Upgrading in two communities (Irede, Lagos and Okpoko, Onitsha) in Nigeria and how these steps and processes could be replicated in providing affordable and accessible housing for the urban poor in Nigeria. Drawing on these case studies, it recommends opportunities for a People, Public, Private, Partnerships (PPPP) to curb increasing homelessness and aid sustainable development framework for Nigerian cities. |
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