Abstract

Maintenance is a very important aspect of facilities management that requires serious planning since building maintenance involves preserving a building so that it can retain its economic value and durability in order to avoid economic loss. Despite the pivotal roles of housing in the socio-economic development of Nigeria and the life of the people, a majority of the public residential houses are in deplorable condition and states of disrepair due to long period of neglected maintenance. This paper examined the level of participation of various government agencies across the four public residential estates in Nigeria. Data was obtained through questionnaire conducted on a sample of 421 buildings constructed not later than twenty years ago. The findings revealed that Even though, concerted efforts were made in creating different functional management agencies with qualified relevant professionals, all the management agencies did not have any definite maintenance strategy or policy put in place for the housing estates. There was no commitment to maintain the estates as the maintenance was left to the hands of community development associations.

Keywords: Housing, Maintenance, Public buildings, Residential estate, Strategy