1.0       INTRODUCTION

Housing can be defined as the process of providing a large number of residential buildings on a permanent basis with adequate physical infrastructure and social amenities, (services) in planned, decent, safe, and sanitary neighbourhoods to meet the basic and special needs of the population especially the low and medium income earners (NHP: 2004). Adequate, safe and qualitative housing therefore should provide protection from the negative elements, minimize the risk of disease and injury, and contribute to the physical, mental and social wellbeing of the occupants. Housing quality is a matter of great concern, especially in Less Developed Countries (LDCs) and developing countries like Nigeria. The magnitude of the housing needs of the populace in these countries rises day by day. Generally, most third world cities possesses one or more slums as a reflection of the level and context of the urban housing crisis, the degree of urban social impoverishment and the contradictions in the overall content of the urbanization processes.

Talba housing estate which is yet to be occupied as at the time of survey has attracted a lot of comments on the ability of the contractors handling the project over the quality and safety (from inclement weather) of the eventual occupiers. On the first windstorm, most of the structures that had reached an advanced stage started giving way.

The paper aims at assessing the quality of work done and materials used for the project and possibly suggest ways of improving the quality of such projects consequently ensuring the safety of the eventual occupants.

2.0       A REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

Public housing for the fact that it is usually prototype for a particular social cadre, most times is targeted towards the low income earners and the poor as the wealthy can afford better accommodation elsewhere.  

Omuojime, E. O (2000) & Babade, T. (2003) cited in Atser, J. et al (2007) agreed that Nigerian Housing Policy thrust had not often been favourable to the poor and the low income earners. Such houses are rarely qualitative as the poor barely have the voice to question its conformity to design requirements and construction.

Olatubara, C.O. et al, (2006) asserted that conformance-to-design requirement approach has often been used to define quality in construction and the evaluation of this commences immediately after occupation.

They are of the opinion that if the housing sector is to improve the quality of the residential buildings it produces in meeting these needs and expectations, it then must take a proactive approach to understanding consumers’ views on the quality of the housing being produced.

Furthermore, they asserted that assessment of the performance of the housing sector should therefore be a matter of particular interest to the public and private sectors in seeking to increase the performance of dwelling houses and maximise value for their money. The achievement of the quality in any housing project is a key that contributes to the ultimate success of that project and that is facilitated by regulatory measures.  

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