Tag: Mumbai Housing Crisis

PMAY’s Mumbai Housing Gap Widens

PMAY’s Mumbai Housing Gap Widens: 10,000–15,000 MHADA Homes Await Allotment

August 28, 2026

MUMBAI: The challenge facing affordable housing in Mumbai is no longer limited to constructing homes. The bigger hurdle is ensuring that eligible families can actually finance and occupy them. High land costs, limited access to bank credit and irregular incomes have left thousands of MHADA-built homes awaiting allotment. MHADA has constructed nearly 50,000 homes across […]

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Vertical Slums Silent Crisis

Vertical Slums, Silent Crisis

May 7, 2026

Mumbai’s growth story is no longer horizontal—it is rising vertically, quietly and without control. Across pockets like Govandi, Kurla, and Bandra East, informal settlements are no longer limited to ground-plus-one structures. They are evolving into multi-storey, unauthorized buildings—what many now call “slum skyscrapers.” This transformation is not just physical; it reflects a deeper imbalance between […]

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