Housing schemes
The Maharashtra government has once again asked the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) to submit details of completion certificates it had issued to various households under group housing schemes between 2009 and 2012. In a letter issued on August 12, 2014, M M Patil, additional secretary of the urban development department (UDD) has directed the municipal [...] Continue Reading »
On Tuesday, the Haryana government debated on a proposal to increase licence fee for housing projects. The proposal is to hike the licence fee by 100 percent for group housing projects; with the additional amount raised from developers to be eventually passed on to the buyers. Under the proposal, the ‘per acre’ licence fee for [...] Continue Reading »
In sync with BJP’s election manifesto of ‘’housing for all by 2022’’, Delhi Development Authority (DDA) will roll out the largest-ever housing scheme by July end. The top official talking in details about the project mentioned that “green technology” will be used in the 2600 flats across various categories. 24,000 one-room apartments and another 2,000-2,500 flats [...] Continue Reading »
Rao has recently mentioned that the housing scheme which had been made specifically for the poor will now be taken off. Two bedrooms, one hall, one kitchen along with a toilet would be made for the poor. Each of these houses would be costing Rupees 3 lakhs and would take 125 square yards. He also [...] Continue Reading »
Several innovative housing finance schemes – including the ‘80:20’ and ‘75:25’ schemes – are making a return to the housing finance market in a new avatar, thanks to the dwindling demand for residential real estate. The return of the housing financing schemes like ‘80:20’ and ‘75:25’ schemes, though with some notable changes, has come after [...] Continue Reading »
Once the BJP came to power, its first declaration was to roll out a housing programme which will be low in cost. The houses are going to be pucca and will definitely be established by the year 2022. Venkiah Naidu who is currently the Union urban development has gone ahead and mentioned that the new [...] Continue Reading »
After receiving criticism for planning house schemes that did not prove to be beneficial because they were located in distinct areas, the Jaipur Developmental Authority has recently come to a conclusion to launch two new housing schemes within a month. This will become official in the zones of 11 and 14. There are 35 hectares [...] Continue Reading »
The project implementation units (PIUs) of basic services for urban poor (BSUP) and Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY), which take care of housing schemes totaling to Rs. 450 Crores in three different corporations are exploring for a merger. The PIUs will be merged as per the rules issued by the ministry of housing and urban poverty [...] Continue Reading »
Under its 60-day program, Rajasthan Housing Board (RHB) will launch 50 new housing schemes in 18 cities including Jaipur on Thursday. A senior RHB official said, along with old applicants, new applicants can also fill forms for the scheme, proposed to develop 2,634 independent plots, flats and duplex houses. The board will develop 704 flats [...] Continue Reading »
Lucknow: In order to encourage mixed land use in the draft prepared for state urban housing and habitat policy 2013, the housing and urban planning department has recommended multi-centered pattern of urban growth along highways. Land pooling scheme is also suggested in case of compact area selected in consultation with landowners for urban development. Considering [...] Continue Reading »
