November 24, 2023: The Maharashtra state government has been planning to effect necessary requisites in the state’s new housing policy to make ‘Housing For All’ a reality, mentioned state housing minister Atul Save at the second edition of the ‘Homethon 2023’ Housing Expo organised by the Naredco Maharashtra today at the Jio Convention Centre in Mumbai.
“As Prime Minister Narendra Modi under the PM Awaas Yojana has envisaged ‘Housing for All’, the state government believes that every citizen of Maharashtra should get his own house through the Mhada or SRA schemes or otherwise. The government is planning to bring the necessary aspects in the forthcoming new housing policy of the state; so that more developers come in the sector, more development and investment happens and housing for all becomes a reality. The real estate and construction sector should get a required priority,” he said.
The minister requested the developers to come forward for redeveloping SRA and Mhada projects and also support in the second phase of PMAY. Outling details about the new housing policy, Save said it would emphasise on one-window clearance and ease-of-doing-business policy like other industries that would ensure speedy approvals and completion of projects and also safeguard the developers from financial hardships.
He informed that 80% draft work of the new policy has been completed and suggestions of the new stakeholders would be considered before finalising the policy. Other departments like home, urban development, revenue and SRA have also to be involved in the state policy.
He added, “More than 50% of the population in the city still lives in slums and about 20% to 30% of slums are to be redeveloped. We will try to organise a meeting with the stakeholders in the next few days to find solutions to the pending issues.”
The minister further stated that the demand for housing in the state needs to be fulfilled with more real estate development taking place. “For Mhada’s 4000 homes, over two lakh applications were received. It shows the demand for housing. In future, we expect maximum investment in the housing sector,” he said.
Finally, giving an update on the government’s initiative of providing ten lakh houses for Low – Income Group (LIG) people in the OBC category, Save concluded that it was very much on track with full support from the state government.
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