Housing discrimination is the illegal practice of discriminating against buyers or renters of dwellings based on race, colour, religion, national origin, sex, family status or disability. A quick survey of the housing sector in Nigeria would reveal gender discrimination as the leading form of housing discrimination in the country.
An online survey conducted by the Guardian revealed that 83.3% of Nigerian women have experienced housing discrimination as single adults. Single working-class women in Nigeria struggle to rent property particularly in sought after states such as Lagos, Abuja, Kano, Oyo among others. Some women have to go as far as presenting their brothers, friends, co-workers or even strangers to act as their husbands or partners just to secure accommodation.
