A Study of Impact of Housing Quality on the Low-income Households in Uyo, Nigeria

The work seeks to examine the impact of low-quality housing on the low-income households in Uyo. Carrying out a survey, of a cross-section of 380 families in Uyo, through stratified random sampling, got 294 representing 77.37% effective responses.h Frequency count and simple percentages were used to analyze the resultant data. The study found that poverty and joblessness are the leading cause of the respondents living in low-quality housing. It also found that these respondents encountered environmental problems such as poor garbage collection, poor drainage, water pollution, air pollution and liquid waste. The study further revealed that the respondents suffered several ecological related diseases such as malaria, cough, typhoid, diarrhea and eye infection. The survey among other issues recommended the upgrading of these areas through urban renewal programmes and embarking on social housing for the low-income earners in the state. Keywords: Housing, Low-income, households, urbanization DOI: 10.7176/JESD/10-8-03 Publication date: April 30th 201