EWS housing
Haryana government asked realtors for a status report of houses for the economically weaker section and affordable housing categories in Gurgaon. According to Haryana government, Gurgaon’s realty space has provisions for 31,736 flats under EWS and affordable housing categories in Gurgaon. These flats are a part of 208 group housing colonies for which the government [...] Continue Reading »
Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Tuesday announced construction of one-lakh houses for economically weaker sections (EWS) at affordable prices. These houses would be ready by October, 2016. Besides, he has also issued directions to concerned departments to identify land in cities and towns at the earliest to complete this mega welfare project [...] Continue Reading »
The annual audit and inspection report for the financial year 2013-14 has revealed that the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) failed to ensure that residential projects of private builders had affordable housing for economically weaker sections (EWS) of the society. Drawing attention to the evident lapse on the part of GMADA to ensure affordable [...] Continue Reading »
To stop the increasing slums in national capital and to replace them with the affordable housing for those who belong to weaker section is a major promise made by all political parties for the coming elections. Even after the completion of this project, houses are not allotted to their rightful owners. With the model code [...] Continue Reading »
Gandhinagar: New housing policy has been drafted by the Gujarat government and is expected to be announced in a month’s time. According to sources, the government will simultaneously announce two sub-policies on slum rehabilitation and affordable housing in the cities. The state government has been planning to develop 22 lakh houses in the urban areas [...] Continue Reading »
Gurgaon- With property prices increasing rapidly in Gurgaon, buying a property in the city has become extremely difficult for buyers of low-income group (LIG). Gurgaon has emerged as a favourite destination of many property investors and real estate developers. In order to support developers in building more and more affordable housing units, the government of [...] Continue Reading »
The Pune district administration has prepared specific type plans for houses for the economically weaker sections in rural parts of the district. Around nine type plans have been prepared by the administration in consultations with Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) and are being sent to the director of the town planning department for [...] Continue Reading »
Affordable housing has been an issue of concern for government and policymakers. There is a serious scarcity of homes for people who have an income of under Rs 10,000 per month or even less. 12th Plan working group on financing urban infrastructure estimates the housing shortage in the country at nearly 29 million units and [...] Continue Reading »
Union finance minister P Chidambaram has stated that the ministry may soon announce a set of measures to boost the country’s real estate sector. As the realty sector is being hit by the high cost of finance and low availability of housing stock, incentives seem to be in the horizon. The finance ministry is in [...] Continue Reading »
The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) is constructing 13,250 houses under the JNNURM scheme for the people belonging to the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) category. PCMC mayor Yogesh Behl announced that the draw of lots for the allotment of the 6,720 houses will be held by the end of this month. Behl said, “An auditorium [...] Continue Reading »
