THE IMPACT OF THE INTEGRATEDHOUSE DEVELOPMENT PROGRRAM /CONDOMINIUM ON THE BENEFICIARIES WELFARE: A CASE STUDY IN SUMMIT CONDOMINIUM KIRKOS SITE IN ADDIS ABABA

Abstract

This thesis attempt to explore the impact of condominium housing on the beneficiaries welfare. The IHDP was launched in 2005 targeting the low and middle income urban household. Among the many condominium sites located here in the capital Addis Ababa this study was conducted in Summit condominium site kirkos site. To select the target population a researcher used simple random sampling technique. A total of 235 households were taken for this purpose. Among the respondents 101 were the beneficiaries of the condominium and who are living in it. The rest 134 questioners were distributed to non beneficiaries of the condominium. The propensity score matching model is used to compare the beneficiaries with the non beneficiaries. This model is choose to account for the selection bias due to differences in observable characteristics. The result shows that the IHDP has a positive impact on the monthly saving and expenditure on education of the beneficiaries. Also it was observed that ownership of consumer durables is high for BCH. On the other hand incidence of sickness, access to basic infrastructures and expenditures on treatment of the ill were comparatively high. Based on the findings the study suggests that government should make sure basic social infrastructures are present in condominium housings and should be built side to side with the houses.