Assessment of land delivery system for residential housing in Tigray Region: The case of Shire Endasilase Town
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2019-06
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Addis Ababa University
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This study is an attempt to assess the existing urban land delivery system for residential housing
in Shire Endeslasie Town. There was no prior study on the practice of urban land delivery
system for residential housing in the Town. This is a motivation to carry out the study. This study
utilizes descriptive survey research method using both primary and secondary data where
probability and non-probability sampling were used. Based on this, 375 samples of respondents
were selected systematically and 20 were selected judgmentally. The data was collected using
questionnaire, interview, observation and document review.
The study observed that the performance of the town in land allocation for residential housing
development through different modalities such as lease, allotment and cooperative were poor.
Beside this, there is a popular belief and reality that current urban land policy and laws have
been benefiting the rich rather than the poor. Bureaucratic tendencies, inadequate amount of
serviced land, shortage of work force, inadequate and distorted urban land information system
are factors affecting land delivery system for residential housing development. As a result of this
gap of demand and supply the town dwellers faced residential and rental housing problems
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Formal land delivery system, lease policy, informal land development, factors affecting land delivery system