The Housing Development Advocacy Network (HDAN) has canvassed for a housing development strategy in Abuja that matches supply with residents’ income levels.
The campaign is borne out of the Network’s concerns over the capital city’s growing housing deficit and rising rents, as well as rapid population growth and empty homes.
These concerns are contained in a special housing market report titled ‘Abuja Housing Crisis 2026: 1.7million Housing Deficit Amid Rapid Population Growth, Rising Rents and Empty Homes,’ compiled by the Research and Economic Unit of HDAN.
According to the report, Abuja, particularly the federal capital city (FCT), is facing an estimated 1.7 million-unit housing deficit, driven by rapid population growth, rising rents, inadequate affordable housing supply, infrastructure challenges, limited access to housing
The report notes that civil servants, young professionals, informal-sector workers and low- to middle-income households are increasingly finding it difficult to secure decent accommodation within a reasonable distance of their workplaces, and a growing mismatch between the houses being developed and the purchasing power of residents.
