Rent Crisis Hits Kaduna Residents

Many residents of Kaduna State are groaning nether the value of soaring location rents arsenic landlords and agents proceed to hike prices successful important parts of the State.

LEADERSHIP gathered that landlords and agents person raised rents successful Ungwan Maigero, Karji, Narayi and Barnawa, making accommodation hard for galore low- and middle-income earners.

In immoderate areas visited, a one-room self-contained flat that utilized to spell for betwixt N100,000 and N150,000 present costs betwixt N300,000 and N350,000.

Similarly, depending connected determination and facilities, a one-bedroom level (room and parlour) present costs betwixt N500,000 and N700,000.

Residents who spoke to LEADERSHIP expressed vexation implicit the situation, saying the summation has worsened the outgo of surviving successful the State.

Grace Ashafa, a nonmigratory of Narayi, said the precocious rent has added to the economical hardship already facing families.

“Life is becoming unbearable for us. Fuel is costly, and present location rent has doubled. It is hard to survive,” she said.

Emmanuel Auta, a begetter of 5 who lives successful Karji, said his landlord precocious raised the rent connected his one-bedroom flat by astir 50 per cent.

“I was paying N400,000, but the landlord has accrued it to N600,000. I don’t cognize wherever to get the money. I whitethorn person to determination my household to a smaller place”.

For widows and azygous parents, the concern is adjacent much difficult.

A widow, Agatha Okeke, who resides successful Ungwan Maigero, said she mightiness beryllium forced to instrumentality to her colony if the concern persists.

“I americium a petty trader. My nett is small, and I inactive person to wage schoolhouse fees and provender my children. Now rent has gone beyond my reach,” she said.

Some residents attributed the rising rent to the precocious outgo of gathering materials and inflation, portion others accused landlords and agents of taking vantage of the situation.

“Cement and different materials are so expensive, but immoderate landlords are conscionable exploiting people,” said a nonmigratory of Barnawa who declined to beryllium named.

They appealed to the Kaduna State Government to intervene and modulate rent to forestall much radical from becoming homeless.