Assessment of housing quality and sustainable development: a case study of Giginyu, Nassarawa Local Government, Kano State

摘要: ______________________________________________________________________________ Abstract: This Paper Assessed Of Housing Quality And Sustainable Development: A Case Study Of Giginyu, Nassarawa Local Government, Kano State. Convenient Sampling Was Used To Obtain 300heads Of Households As Respondents In Study Area Covering Kawo/Badawa, Giginyu, And Nassarawa Gra. Descriptive Statistics Were Employed To Analysed The Data Obtained From The Respondents. The Results Show That 256 (85%) Of The Respondents Live In A Single Household Houses, More Than Half Of The Respondents Occupied Traditional Houses, And More Than Half Also Live In Houses With 4–6 Rooms, And More Than Two-Third Of The Respondents Have One Window, More Than About One-Third Of Them Have No Living Rooms/Parlour. The Results Further Shows That Over One-Third Of The Respondents Have One Living Room, Less Than One-Third Have No Bathrooms In Their Houses, More Than One-Third Have Only One Bathroom, And Majority Have One Window. The Results Also Revealed That More Than Half Of The Respondents Have Windows That Face North And South Direction, And Small Windows And Majority Sourced Water Form Well And Water Vendors. In Addition, More Than Half Dispose Wastes In Uncompleted Buildings Or Open Spaces, And Occupied Houses Littered With Dirt And Noisy Conditions, While Majority Of The Houses Have No Landscaping And More Than Have Only One Among The Listed Facilities. The Finding Of Multiple Regression Revealed That Direction Window Faces Has The …