About 5 years ago, SPARC, NSDF, and MM, having been involved in creating transit accommodation option as a two phase relocation possibility, began to explore how rental housing would be useful to the poor.
In slums, almost one third of all units have rental accommodations, which is a mirror image of the formal rental procedures. The renter rents the accommodation for 11 months at a time and pays a deposit as well as advance rent. For many households, rental housing is both useful as a income generational activity for the owner and a boon to the renter to stay in a particular locality.
MMRDA, to whom along with the alliance recommended the construction of small units to rent to the poor began to give permissions in the metro region. These are the units that this article is referring to. Having begun construction, MMRDA is reluctant to put into place the governance architecture to this investment and for some time has either sought to “sell” the houses or use them as transit.
Given the volume required for both transit and rental, the state strategy falls between two stools as it fulfills neither goals.
Large metro regions need a wide rage of options for housing. Creating conditions for mobility, different time spans for living in different locations and different types of accommodation is the need of the hour. Yet, somehow, the stamina and transparency as well as foresight to take on this long neglected task is beyond the state.
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