Mhada
About 26 developers are at the receiving end as they have failed to hand over the state government’s share of tenements. Also, the builders have ignored the notices that had been sent to them by the state urging them to hand over the buildings soon and also pay the penalty for the delay. Maharashtra Housing [...] Continue Reading »
Mumbai: In order to control unauthorised constructions in the state, following the appalling building collapse in Mumbra, Thane, the state government has planned to appoint special officers at the municipal corporations. The Minister for State for Housing, Sachin Ahir, stated that the government has decided that an officer will be appointed for each ward who [...] Continue Reading »
Maharashtra government has finally implemented the long pending property registration rules to protect property buyers against frauds. These rules will be public from 1st of April 2013. The state has approved the rules after three years the state legislature approved landmark amendments. The main motive is to stop the fraudsters from selling the same property [...] Continue Reading »
Bombay High Court has recently given green signal for additional floor space index (FSI) for around 2,200 redevelopment projects in Mumbai. The only condition that was kept forward by the government was struck down by the bench. The condition was to grant extra FSI in case of ongoing redevelopment schemes for old cessed buildings. Earlier [...] Continue Reading »
The Chief Minister of Maharashtra has ensured in the legislative assembly that the new policy for Maharashtra Housing Area Development Authority (Mhada) redevelopment along with norms will be issued soon. Also, the state government has decided to not charge premium for Mhada redevelopment projects as against extra floor space index (FSI). The plan has been [...] Continue Reading »
With the rates of properties in Mumbai touching sky, Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) has come up with a scheme to provide low cost houses in the city limits of Mumbai. MHADA will team up with different builders in joint ventures to provide 40,000 low-cost houses through this model. These developments will be mostly in [...] Continue Reading »
From May, it will be easy to know whether you have won the lottery for affordable houses in Mumbai. Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (Mhada) is planning to send SMS alerts and emails to those who have won after minutes of the lottery draw. Currently, the procedure is very tedious. This move will bring [...] Continue Reading »
The increase of floor space index (FSI) to 2.5 is still not finalised for redevelopment of residential colonies constructed by the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) in Pune. 2.5 FSI has been granted for Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad but the rules for the same are yet to be finalised. The Pune division of Mhada [...] Continue Reading »
Bombay High Court has recently directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to raze the illegal structures which have been rebuilt again. This came into light after a housing society in Santa Cruz filed a petition against an unauthorized construction in front of a division bench. Hearing the case, the two Judges involved reminded the civic [...] Continue Reading »
Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) has sent a notice to thirty-three real estate builders for not giving 3,300 houses to the housing board as per the rules. Now they have two months to deliver those houses. MHADA officials said that the builders failed in handling over 10 lakh square which translates to around [...] Continue Reading »
