Category: Affordable Homes

Carpet area hike to push home sales in smaller cities says Housing Ministry

June 14, 2018

By Realty Quarter Bureau The government’s move to hike the carpet area of homes eligible for interest subsidy under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana for the middle-income group, will give a much needed push to home sales, especially in tier-II and III cities, say experts The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, on June 12, […]

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Jaipur Development body has approved 4 new housing schemes

June 12, 2018

By Realty Quarter Bureau The Jaipur Development Authority has approved four new housing schemes on Friday in a project work committee meeting. It is expected that for the new schemes, applications could soon be asked by JDA and besides that plans for renovation of roads, sewerage lines, and electrification were approved. Under the housing scheme a total of 1250 […]

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MHADA lottery to begin by June last week

June 9, 2018

By Realty Quarter Bureau Mumbai Board of Maharashtra Housing & Area Development Authority (MHADA) has announced it’s this year lottery in last week of June. Chief Officer of Mhada, Deependra Singh said, the process of lottery will begin shortly after the advertisements are out ending the citizens to get affordable homes. This year it has […]

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Be cautious against fraudulent activities in PMAY’s name: Housing Minister

By Realty Quarter Bureau The minister of housing and urban affairs, Hardeep Singh Puri, on June 7, 2018, warned home buyers that ‘fly-by-night operators’ were using the name of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U) programme to lure customers, when they had ‘nothing to do’ with the scheme. “A lot of activities by builders and […]

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4crore houses by 2022, says MODI

June 7, 2018

By Realty Quarter Bureau The government has been working to free the housing sector of corruption and middlemen to ensure people get their own houses without facing troubles, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said recently. He also said that use of latest technology is ensuring faster building of houses for the poor in rural and urban […]

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Centre approves construction of 1.5lakh houses for urban poor

June 1, 2018

By Realty Quarter Bureau The Centre has approved the construction of 1.5 lakh houses for the urban poor under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban), taking to 47.52 lakhs the tally of houses under the programme so far, the Housing and Urban Affairs (HUA) Ministry said. The latest approval entails an investment of Rs 7,227crores […]

Centre approves construction of 1.5lakh houses for urban poormore

World Bank Team will be studying housing projects in Chennai

May 18, 2018

By Realty Quarter Bureau A team from the World Bank (WB) will be spending three days in Chennai to study schemes taken up by the Tamil Nadu Housing Board (TNHB) and Slum Clearance Board (SCB) to provide housing for all under central government’s housing schemes. A five-member WB team that met officials at the TNHB […]

World Bank Team will be studying housing projects in Chennaimore

State govt. plans to evolve PPP Policy for affordable housing

By Realty Quarter Bureau The Maharashtra government is mulling a public-private partnership (PPP) policy, under which it plans to acquire land parcels in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) and develop low-cost homes, giving further impetus to its affordable housing programme. The policy is likely to be presented in the cabinet in a month’s time, state […]

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Mumbai Salt Pan Lands

May 10, 2018

Prashant Thakur, Head – Research, ANAROCK Property Consultants Mitigating the Hazards of NDZ to Affordable Housing Bonanza After a year-long delay, the final draft of Greater Mumbai Development Plan (DP) 2034 recently saw the light of day. The highlights were the amendments in the development control regulations (DCR) in terms of increased FSI and the […]

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DDA wants to increase the flat sizes especially for 1BHK flats allotted to LIG groups

May 4, 2018

By Realty Quarter Bureau The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) said that it has planned to increase the size of bedrooms of flats allotted under the Housing Scheme of 2014 and 2017. DDA vice-chairman Udai Pratap Singh held a meeting with the representatives of Rohini, Narela, Siraspur and Dwarka to discuss the issues related to the Housing Scheme of 2014 and 2017. […]

DDA wants to increase the flat sizes especially for 1BHK flats allotted to LIG groupsmore