Housing Regulatory Authority (HRA)
The Housing Regulatory Act was designed with a view to regulate and promote construction, sale, management, and transfer of flats on ownership basis. Under this Act, it is now essential that project developers pay a fee close to Rs 50,000 in order to register their projects online through a government website, listing all the project [...] Continue Reading »
The Maharashtra Housing Act 2012 was well received in the mainstream media ever since it was passed. It’s commendable that Maharashtra took this initiative, but what’s important to understand is that this Act has provisions that negatively impact home buyers and promote developers’ interests. What’s more, the State Act limits, and in many cases negates [...] Continue Reading »
As real estate is going through a crisis specially in cities like Mumbai, builders are struggling through the bureaucratic hurdles involved in getting a project cleared. The builders are forced to go through a tangled clearance procedure as they have to approach a host of state and central departments that take their own time clearing [...] Continue Reading »
The Maharashtra Housing Bill 2012 has finally been passed by both Houses of the Maharashtra legislature, which sets the stage for the development of the country’s first housing regulator and appellate board with substantial powers to protect the consumer and penalize the builders in case of any offense. The Bill has laid down the rules [...] Continue Reading »
