Relationship between housing finance institutional contexts and financial contexts to housing ownership by low-income earners in Bauchi LGA, Nigeria

Moses Jonathan Gambo, Sani Usman Kunya, Bala Ishiyaku, Musa Jacob Ashen and Wilfred Emmanuel Dzasu

International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis, 2021, vol. 15, issue 3, 653-669

Abstract: Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between housing finance institutional related variables and financial related variables of low-income earners in Bauchi Local Government Area, Bauchi, Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach - In this study, quantitative research approach was adopted. Self-administered structured questionnaires were used to collect information from 500 primary school teachers in Bauchi Local Government Area, Bauchi, Nigeria. A correlation analysis was carried out to find the relationship between housing finance institutional contexts and finance contexts to low-income earners in the study area using SPSS Version 23 software. Findings - The findings shows that the low-income earners were more concerned with the accessibility and affordability on housing ownership, and it also showed that performance and effectiveness of the housing finance institutions were of paramount importance to housing ownership for the low-income earners in the study area. Practical implications - The finance institutions are the prime consumer of these research findings. The participants in the finance institutions are going to benefit from the low-income earners’ housing ownership development. Originality/value - The paper also emphasized that the finance institutions should make the housing finance loan accessible and affordable to the low-income earners to meet their dream to sustainable housing ownership.

Keywords: Relationship; Accessibility; Institutional context; Affordability; Financial context; Housing finance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1108/IJHMA-03-2021-0032

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