Effect of Military Housing Condition on Housing Preference and Adequacy in Shadawanka Barrack Bauchi, Bauchi State, Nigeria

The research sought to analyze military housing provision and Soldiers' housing preferences at shadawanka barrack Bauchi, with the goal of meeting the military personnel's housing demands in the study region. The study collected data using a quantitative technique and survey strategy using a descriptive and exploratory research design and a questionnaire instrument. The study's population consisted of military personnel, with a sample frame of 248 dwellings, assuming one personnel per house. A sample size of 160 people was chosen. The questionnaire on a five-point Likert scale was self-administered. According to the findings, the factors with the greatest and fair conditions are security, wall condition, floor condition, and finishing, while the variables with the lowest and lowest condition rating are sewage and road networks within the barrack. The barrack's general or average level of housing conditions was rated fair. Water supply and security are the variables with the highest levels of adequacy, whereas drainage and road networks have the lowest levels of adequacy and reaction. The general degree of appropriateness of the barracks' residences was rated unsatisfactory. The quality of the floor, the walls, and the number of bedrooms have moderate levels of satisfaction, whereas solid waste disposal and sewage have low levels of satisfaction. The most common source of unhappiness is the insufficiency of housing provision, which has the highest standardized Beta coefficient of 0.285. The study recommended that the sewerage and solid waste disposal systems be improved. The service can be contracted out. Internal road networks and drainage systems within the barracks should be restored, and new ones created to give proper accessibility. There is a need for new dwellings to be built in order to relieve overcrowding in most homes. Because military personnel are dissatisfied with their housing owing to inadequacies, it is recommended that sufficient housing based on the demands of the soldiers be considered.