1. HOUSEBUILDING STANDARDS FOR NIGERIABy
Growth and Employment (GEM) Project

2. Content Introduction Housing market Major issues of concern
Intervention areas
Composition of the Standards (document)
Standards and codes of practice
Housing demand & supply scenario
Affordable housing: defined
Conclusions

3. INTRODUCTION
FMITI through the GEM project is unlocking opportunities in the housing sector, occasioned by
Significant housing deficit
Substandard buildings
Skills shortages & skills gap
House-building Standards (document) meant for the house market to address inherent limiting constraints.
Creating employment and growth through the creation of housing.

4. HOUSING MARKET Commodities of exchange Money and Houses Key players
Developers (Sellers),
Prospect house Owners, and
Financial Institutions (to give construction finance & mortgages).
Major Issues of Concern
Lack of finance
Houses being unaffordable
Poor quality standards
Lack of Standard Operating Procedures and Skills for Developers to successful management housing development projects,

5. Financial institutions concerns
Low quality of business plans to warrant construction finance.
Intervention Areas
Affordability
Management
Quality standards
The standards for these intervention areas are to be the basis for private agreements between:
The developers and housing finance organisations for construction finance,
The developers and homeowners for the construction of houses,
The homeowners and housing finance organisations for mortgage finance.

6. Main objectives of the Standards
To encourage adoption of housing standards that will result in the development of affordable, safe and high quality housing developments.
To manage housing development in a manner that will promote the long-term integrity and value of each new housing unit and the environment
To provide a standard for developers and housing finance institutions to appraise and qualify housing projects
To actualize the objectives of the federal government of Nigeria for improving the housing sector
To increase the supply of housing, industrial growth and employment by improving the capability of real estate developers.

7. Composition of the Standards (document)
The Standards are divided into 4 parts of 33 chapters, each consisting of sections and clauses.
Part one - Affordability Standards
Proposes a definition
Sets out the standard procedures for the implementation of affordable housing.
Implementers - Finance institutions, Cooperatives and Developers
Part two - Management Standards
Quality management system
Procedures for quality planning in line with international best practice.
Implementers - Developers

8. Part three - Quality Standards
Quality of building works
Technical Requirements,
Performance standards,
Guidance,
Limitations on use and testing.
Implementers – Developers and construction professionals
Part four - Inspection
Forms for documenting compliance with the agreed quality, cost and time.
Implementers- Certified Building Inspectors

9. Standards and Codes of practice
Where NHC Standards refer to authoritative documents such as British Standards and the like, the documents shall be the editions current at the time, unless other recommendations are agreed by NHC in writing.
STANDARDS
ORGANISATIONS
Nigeria Standards
Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON
British Standards
British Standards Institution (BSI)
International Standards
International Standards Organisation (ISO)
European Standards
European Committee for Standardisation (CEN)
Electrical Standards
International Electro technical Commission (IEC)
Good Building Guide, Report and Digest
Building Research Establishment (BRE)

10. Housing demand & supply scenarios

11. Affordable housing entails matching cost with available funds
Affordable Housing defined:
Residential property or building works including incremental building, which each segment of household income level can buy or build with the present value of one third of future income and available deposit.
Types of affordable housing
Build the whole house or
Build room by room (also known as incremental building) or
Build by elements such as foundation, ground floor, walls, roof, windows, doors, finishes etc. (this is also referred to as incremental building)
Renovate or
Purchase a completed property
Affordable housing entails matching cost with available funds

12. Conclusions
The goal of this intervention is to create employment and growth through the creation of housing, which can be enhanced by improving the capabilities of developers to produce affordable homes.
The standards are essentially sets of procedures intended to bring about improvements on how things are done currently – lets embrace them.
Expected results
Improvement in consumer confidence
Improvement in the delivery of housing with respect to quality, cost and time and
Growth in financial transactions and employment.

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