Rental Scheme Fails as 900 flats lie vacant

Q: Hey, did you come across that more than 900 ready to occupy houses are lying vacant for almost a year. Very Sad!!!!!

Rakshit, Mumbai

24th March 2014

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Mr Sankalp,
Under the rental housing scheme, MMRDA plans to construct rental tenements to be given on a rent ranging between Rs 800 to Rs 1,500. Any individual, who has been a resident of Maharashtra for the last 15 years and has a minimum monthly income of Rs 5,000, would be able to avail a home under this scheme.

Shantanu Kumar, Mumbai

24th March 2014

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Hello Padma,
But I heard that after the collapse of the illegal Adarsh Tower building at Shil near Mumbra in April 2013, chief minister Prithviraj Chavan had announced that the survivors would be provided temporary accommodation in these rental buildings. Subsequently, the TMC also handed over keys to such residents who were forcefully evacuated from buildings which were dangerously dilapidated.

Lalit Verma, Mumbai

24th March 2014

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Hey Lalit,
More than 400 families were given temporary possession of these tenements. However, a reality check will reveal that though people have accepted the keys they are not residing in these match-box tenements. The rental housing scheme, however, has turned out to be a failure with only 3,000 odd houses being constructed so far. Dosti Vihar, the first of the two projects under the scheme based in Thane was allotted last year.

Sankalp, Mumbai

24th March 2014

Yeah Rakshit,
More than 900 ready-to-occupy tenements constructed under the ambitious rental housing scheme in the prime Vartak Nagar area are lying vacant for close to a year now in the absence o f any clear plan to lease out these homes to the needy.

Bikram, Mumbai

24th March 2014

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Hello Bikram,
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) had in early 2013 handed over possession of 1,429 tenements to the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) who in turn was expected to lease out these properties.

It was touted to be one-of-its kind scheme aimed to provide temporary shelter to the needy families and was expected to correct the inflated rental market rates. A year later the dream project has failed to take off and the two 11-storied buildings are almost empty.

Padma G, Mumbai

24th March 2014