Evaluation Of Land Accessibility For Housing Delivery In Enugu Urban

The study evaluate the accessibility of land for housing delivery in Enugu Urban, Enugu State in order to increase the confidence of the major key players in real estate investment. To achieve the aim of the study, the following objectives were pursued: To examine the trend in application for land allocation and title registration in Enugu Urban, Enugu state from 2010-2019, To examine the trend in application for building permit and town planning authority approval from 2010-2019 and To identify the challenges encountered by real estate developers and individuals in getting access to land for housing development in Enugu urban. The primary data used for the study was obtained through questionnaire survey with lands use and allocation office, land/deed registry, traditional/customary landowners as well as individual developers of houses used as the study population. Furthermore, multi-stage sampling technique and descriptive statistics was adopted. The study adopted both descriptive and inferential statistical analysis. The statistical tools used include tables, line graphs, percentage and charts. In testing the hypotheses, the T-Test statistical tool was applied using histogram and trend analysis. The finding from the study revealed that both land registration and housing delivery have significant relationship in Enugu East and Enugu South local government area of Enugu State while there is no relationship between land title registration and housing delivery in Enugu North local government area of Enugu State. Generally, the results from the findings shows there is a significant relationship between land title registration and housing delivery in Enugu State. The dynamics of the trend proves there is improvement in the application for land allocation and title registration in Enugu Urban, Enugu State from 2010-2019. There is also a significant discernable pattern in the challenges encountered by real estate developer in land accessibility in Enugu urban which proves that the major problems or challenges encountered by real estate developer are cumbersome process of acquisition, too much fraud with the process and land touts and hustlers.