housing shortage
India currently faces a housing shortage of approximately 18 million units. However, despite the huge housing shortage in` the country, the vacancy rates are quite high in some of the leading cities of the country. Expert analyses of the current situation in India’s housing market have revealed that although housing continues to be a big [...] Continue Reading »
New-Delhi- Delhi will now go vertical by tripling the floor area ratio (FAR) from the present 200 to 600. The planning body of the city will now make the houses of the poor and the middle class go vertical due to the growing housing shortage. The urban development ministry administering the city’s civic urban planning [...] Continue Reading »
National President of the Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India (CREDAI) – Lalit Kumar Jain has asserted that reforms are necessary to boost the struggling realty sector. He says that there is a shortage of 31 million houses in India of which 26 million are in the economically weak and low income group [...] Continue Reading »
The housing and urban poverty alleviation ministry has stated that of the 17.95 million housing units that came up in the country between 2007 and 2012, 11.09 million houses, or nearly 62%, are either vacant or locked up. It throws a light on the practice of buying houses not for staying there but just to [...] Continue Reading »
The Indian developers mainly target luxury, high-end and upper-mid housing segment. Meanwhile the housing requirements of the lower middle-income and lower income groups that are grossly neglected in India. There is an ever-growing housing shortage since the cities fall short of planned housing for low-income group. According to the report by real estate services firm [...] Continue Reading »
Due to increasing housing requirements in cities and towns, the government is expected to create rental houses in order to meet the needs of people who cannot afford to buy houses. Currently the housing shortage is at around 27 million units and at least 50% is ascribed to people who cannot manage to own houses. [...] Continue Reading »
