This study examined the correlates of public housing satisfaction in Lagos, Nigeria, specifically to
identify relevant factors which are external to the dwelling but combine with those of the dwelling to
provide satisfactory housing in Nigeria. For this purpose, the study employed a conceptual model
which identified three housing components consisting of the environment, dwelling and management
subsystems. For the survey, 1,232 (10%) households out of a total of 12,323 households in six randomly
selected public housing estates in Lagos were systematically sampled. The information obtained from
1,022 questionnaires retrieved from the respondents - indicating their levels of satisfaction with their
housing were analyzed using correlation, multiple regression and analysis of variance (ANOVA). The
significant levels of association were determined at either 0.01 or 0.05 probability level. The results
indicated that tenants’ satisfaction level with both the environment and dwelling components of
housing was above average, while the satisfaction level with the management component was below
average. The results showed significant correlations between tenants’ satisfaction levels and the
environmental, dwelling and management components of housing (p < 0.01). The need to consider
relevant factors of the environment, dwelling and management in housing design and development is
highlighted.