1.0 INTRODUCTION
Housing which can be defined as collective structures in which mankind is housed and where he carries out his daily economic, social and commercial activities, which encompass man’s immediate physical surrounding services, facilities and all available social amenities. Provision of housing has been a major challenge since the 21st century to all sovereign states across the world. Adequate housing provision has been hindered over the years, by various factors which ranges from restricted access to land which is due to land speculation practices, unavailability of soft loans, low level of income, economic instability, poor maintenance culture, mismanagement of public funds, natural disaster among other vices. Hence, various communities and sovereign states across the world have made controlled and concrete efforts in the provision of housing, housing policies, monitoring institution, land reforms, territory laws e.t.c to guarantee and enhance the continuous provision of housing units in their respective territories. This research is to adequately study the activities, efforts challenges and impact of one of such housing agencies in urban city of Ibadan Nigeria.
