EFFECT OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HOUSING QUALITY AND OCCUPANCY DURATION IN RESIDENTIAL HOUSING IN KADUNA
2 Department of Estate Management, Kaduna Polytechnic, Kaduna
* Corresponding author: babatunde.wahab@kasu.edu.ng
Abstract
Purpose: The paper aimed at assessing the effect of relationship between housing quality and occupancy duration in selected areas of Southern Kaduna with view to determining the extent to which housing quality affects the tenancy duration of a sitting tenant.
Design/methodology/approach: The study employed descriptive design and analysed 705 returned questionnaires from households which were administered through simple random sampling across the selected areas in Southern Kaduna. The data was analysed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. The descriptive statistics comprise mean score while inferential statistics comprised spearman rank correlation and multiple regression analysis.
Findings: The result of housing quality index across the selected areas revealed that 0.675, 0.578 and 0.644 for Banawa, Kakuri and Sabo respectively. The result further suggested that Banawa has better housing quality than Kakuri and Sabo with high housing quality index at 0.675. air quality, ventilation landscaping and design were in better condition The result of average occupancy duration indicated that revealed that Sabo had approximately 9years, Kakuri had 8years and Banawa had approximately 12 years. The result of spearman ranked order correlation suggested that occupancy duration maintained a significant positive relationship with the four most important housing quality attributes at 0.05 level of significance. The result of regression analysis revealed that 75.1% variation in occupancy duration across the study areas is due to the significant influence of four housing quality attributes.
Research limitations/Implications: The study considered only selected areas in southern Kaduna and the whole of the southern Kaduna was not considered as well as northern Kaduna. The study’s contribution to knowledge is that the study established a positive effect of the relationship between housing quality and occupancy duration.
Practical implications: There should be in-built housing quality standards into the residential development master plan which will in turn improves the value of housing quality and occupancy duration.
Originality/value: The study has revealed that 75.1% changes in duration of sitting tenant can be attributed quality of housing attributes.
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Babatunde, W., NUHU, S. R., & GOBIR, R. (2026). EFFECT OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HOUSING QUALITY AND OCCUPANCY DURATION IN RESIDENTIAL HOUSING IN KADUNA. Kaduna State University Environmental Sciences Journal, 6(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.66884/kesj.2026.n6knbf5z
W. Babatunde, S. R. NUHU, and R. GOBIR, "EFFECT OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HOUSING QUALITY AND OCCUPANCY DURATION IN RESIDENTIAL HOUSING IN KADUNA," Kaduna State University Environmental Sciences Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 1-11, May 2026. doi: 10.66884/kesj.2026.n6knbf5z
