IMPACT OF TENEMENT HOUSING QUALITY ON SOCIAL RELATIONSHIP OF OCCUPANTS IN MINNA, NIGER STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

Tenement housing in most parts of the country has been both a crime and violence breeding ground in Nigeria leading to the increase in violence which has contributed to the already alarming rate of insecurity in Nigeria. Conflicts are a natural part of human interaction and it is common amongst occupier of land and building which create common to many individual. They occur amongst the occupiers of tenement houses in Minna .This study examines the quality and social relationship impact among tenants of tenement houses in Minna, Niger State with the view to suggesting ways of attaining peaceable enjoyment and improving co- tenant relationship. The study used a cross- sectional survey, questionnaire was administered to selected to tenements houses in Minna.The response from the questionnaire was subjected to descriptive statistic, frequency distribution table with percentage and liken scale was used. This finding shows that the overall tenants satisfaction index (TSI) with the building characteristic is 3.56 (fairly satisfied). Tenants overall satisfaction index for the building quality was 3.45(fairly satisfied) and overall Tenants Satisfaction Index(TSI) the neighborhood characteristic indicated that tenants in the study area were fairly satisfied(3.21).It also discovered that most common causes of conflicts amongst residents of the face-me-I-face-you type of tenement residential houses in Minna is inadequate infrastructure. It therefore recommends that adequate policy formulation to guide and bring about sustainable rental housing provision as an alternative to home ownership in the study area and in Nigeria at large.