Assessing the major factors causing housing deficit in Ghana health service (a case study of Western Region)
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2021-06-22
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Abstract
Across the world and especially in the developing world, housing remains one of the critical
development challenges because of the huge gap between the supply and demand for housing.
This study explored the challenges facing housing delivering for health sector in Ghana. The
study was carried out along the tenets of a preliminary literature review and followed by a
survey using a structured questionnaire. Seventy-Five (75) questionnaire were distributed by
simple random sampling, and 44 completed questionnaires were considered valid for the
analysis. The data collected were analysed using Mean score ranking. The study reveals that,
Lack of comprehensive national policy and regulatory framework for housing provision,
Failure of MMDAS to provide housing for health institutions, Lack of institutional and
regulatory framework in MMDAS for housing, Lack of stakeholder’s support and community
participation and Lack of continuity due to consistent change of government are the major
critical factors causing housing deficit. Considering the challenges in order of extremity,
respondents indicated that, High competition in rental charges, Difficulties in responding to on
call duties/emergency cases, Payment of high utility bills due to landlords/ladies failure to pay
their part, Unnecessary threat by the Landlords/ladies and High transportation cost are the
challenges faced by the staff of GHS in assessing alternative housing. Further, a number of
strategies to improve housing delivery were suggested which includes; Government should
partner with NGOs to provide housing for all health facilities, use public- private partnership
initiative (PPP), Five percent (5%) of health facilities internally generated fund (IGF) should
be set aside for housing development, Government of Ghana should re-establish Bank for
housing and construction to provide support for
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A thesis submitted to the Department of Construction Technology and Management, College of Art and Built Environment, in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Degree of Master of Science.
Keywords
Housing, Development, National Policy, Government, Stakeholders