ASSESSEMENT OF RESIDENTIAL HOUSING INFRASTRUCTURE AND AFFORDABILITY ALONG IDAH ROAD, ANYIGBA, KOGI STATE

The study carried out an Assessment of `Residential Housing Infrastructure and Affordability along Idah Road, Anyigba, Kogi State. The objectives of the study were to identify the type of residential infrastructure, examine the characteristics of the residential housing infrastructure and to assess the affordability of the residential housing infrastructure in the study area. The study used systematic sampling techniques to administer 384 questionnaires. Frequency distribution tables and percentages were used to analyze the data. The study reveals that majority of the residential housing infrastructure 22.9% is room and palour. Also, the residential housing characteristics indicates that majority of residential housing infrastructure nature of floor furnishing is ceramic marble tile 79.4%, nature of walling material is normal bricks 69.2% and nature of roofing material is corrugated metal zinc sheets 63.0%. Furthermore, the study shows that majority of respondents 35.2% pay rents of #81,000 - # 100,000. Likewise, about 84.1% spent above 30% bench mark for housing affordability. Equally, majority of the respondents 48.6% agreed that the residential housing infrastructure is moderate and the general condition of the residential housing infrastructure in the study area is fair with 51.2%. The study recommends that they should be general upgrading of the residential housing infrastructure and that civil servant need to get other stream of income in other to be able to pay their rents as at when due.