Nigeria’s housing crisis has deepened as the national housing deficit jumped to 14.9 million in 2025, with growing pressure on government and private developers to deliver affordable homes.
The federal government has pegged Nigeria’s housing deficit at about 14.9 million units, following the release of new sector data by the National Housing Data Technical Committee, underscoring the depth of the country’s housing challenge.
Nigeria had long battled housing deficits for years without any credible data to bank on. The former Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, whose purview the housing sector fell under during his tenure, had, in March 2019, faulted the 17 million often cited as the country’s housing deficit figure.
He argued that the figure had been used over the years and had been revalidated by all professionals without asking how it was generated, saying that the continuous use of the 17 million figure was erroneous.
However, the current Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Architect Ahmed Dangiwa, on August 20, 2024, five years after Fashola disputed the 17 million housing deficit figure, inaugurated a Joint Steering Committee on National Housing Data to tackle housing deficits in the country.
Almost one year and four months after the inauguration, the committee released a report which pegged the country’s housing deficits at t 14.925 million. According to the Chairman of the committee, Dr Taofeek Olatinwo, the country’s housing deficits stood at 14.925 million in 2025.
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