The Role of Life Style Incompatibility in Condo Housing Preference of Condo Owners among Slumdwellers in Addis Ababab: The Case of Lideta Condominium
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2021-09
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Addis Ababa University
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Lack of affordable, standard housing in all urban areas in Ethiopia in general and Addis Ababa in particular, is one of the most pressing matters that called for immediate action. Consequently, the the defunct EPRDF government launched what it called „Integrated Housing Development Programme (IHDP)‟since 2006 aimimg to construct 400,000 low cost housing units targetting low and middle income citizens. Sofar, total of 1,859 condominium units were constructed and distributed in Lideta sub city (MUDHCo,2015). However majority of the condo winners either left their new condo residence or never moved in asper the expectations, rather rented it out to the better off and they remained slum dwellers. Therefore, this study intends to identify if the housing preferences of condo- winners slum -dwellers is influenced by in compatibilites in lifestyles at Lideta sub city, in Addis Ababa. The study employed lifestyle concept and measurement using housing AIOs (Activity, Interest and Opinion statements) to help determine lifestyle characterstics of condo-winners slumdwellers and their housing choice. It further examines socioeconomic influences in housing consumption preferences of the study participants. To this end, the researcher used quantitative and qualitative approach as a methodology to address the research questions. Data were collected through a semi-structured questionnaire distributed to 160 selected respondents, with 4 key informant interviews and a focus group discussion conducted at area of the study. The technique used to analyze data was frequency, percentage and crosstabulations along with Person Chi squares tests. The findings indicated that the housing preferences of condo lottery winners but slum dwellers appeared to have been adversely impacted by incompatiblity of lifestyle changes at Lideta condo dwellings. Due to socioeconomic constraints and limited upward mobility the commoning, primordial household activities and modes of living practiced at the kebele houses are largely maintained at the condo dwelling, and are unaccommodated at the site owing to lack of specific condo housing and community features. The long standing and highly regarded socio-cultural welfare systems such as Idire, Eqube, mahiber/Jemaat are either rarely or never practiced at the site, resulting in reduced social interaction at the condo dwelling. Thus, both sociocultural and economic constraints combined to to hinder lifestyle transitions of the condo lottery winners who remained slum dwellers. It is, therefore, suggested that pertinent government bodies and housing developers need to take steps to prioritize congruity in design interms of accommodating our commoning household activities, socio-cultural heritages to ensure smooth housing transition. It was also suggested that the city authorities, in collaboration with financial institutions, need to work out incomegenerating schemes to enhance socio-economic status of condo winners slum dwellers to help them afford the housing consumption
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Lideta, condominium, AIOs, Idire, Eqube, mahiber/Jemaat