URBAN RESIDENTIAL HOUSING PROVISION AND CHALLENGES:THE CASE OF SHUME ABO, SUB- CITY OF BAHEIR DAR TOWN, AMHARA REGIONAL STATE, ETIOPIA.

Abstract

This study was conducted at shume abo kifleketema,Bahir Dar town of Amhara Regional State of Ethiopia with general objective of assessing currently existing housing provision challenges and factors which constraints these services in city. The specific objectives of the study were to examine the currently existing housing provision to identify factors that constraints housing provision for urban resident in the city and to assess the impacts of housing provision challenges in the city. In order to carry out the stated objectives of the research, both primary and secondary data were collected from 353 sample house hold heads and analyzedsuch as percentage, tabulation, frequency, and in addition, SPSS were employed to enter the data in to the computer for analysis. On the average 70 percent of the total households rented residential units. In addition, majority of the residents were challenged by them were wanted to move from chance due to shortage of kebele administration or municipality offices houses. As the result, majority of the residents were forced in privately rented residential units. This is because of same factors that related to financial constraints, lack of raw material resources, lack of enough open space and imbalance housing demands and supplies. Therefore, it was inadequate housing provision in the city. It is important to design the program of houses emphasis and should take priority that includes allocation of budget and controlling unplanned growth of urbanization, it is important to design or make effort to attract involvements of community, private enterprises and NGO’S in housing provision and it is important the issue of social and economic development of rural areas.