New technology to help make houses affordable
In a country where people do not have so much to spend on building materials, promoters of plastic bottles for building say that such houses made from plastic are estimated to cost just about one-third
Lowcost Housing
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96,000 more IAY houses for flood and fire victims
BHUBANESWAR: In a belated response to the State Government
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200 Barcem, Gaondongrim BPL families to receive housing funds
HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, JAN 22 Come January 27, and around 200 families under the Below Poverty Line (BPL) from Barcem and Gaondongrim will receive funds amounting to Rs 20,000 each for housing under the RDA scheme Indira Awaas Yojana.
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Guj to house low cost homes
Team TOI Ahmedabad: The urban development sector saw a slew of low cost and affordable housing and integrated township projects stealing the show with 222 MoUs worth Rs 1,02,599 lakh crore being inked on Tuesday in the urban development sector on the last day of the 4th Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors
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SRA committee does not have any legal authority: Experts
HOUSING DREAMS Mumbai: Will the high court-appointed committee to clear the backlog of Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) cases be of any help? Apparently not, as the panel has not been given legal powers, say experts. They also point out that the committee is no different from the one set up last year which could dispose of only 42 cases.
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Govt eyes 0.5% cess to fund low-cost housing
The government is looking to pass on the bill to ensure
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Panchayats spurn grant for poorest of poor
Krishnagar: Over 20 gram panchayats in Nadia have refused to take housing grants under the Indira Awaas Yojana saying the below-poverty-line list for the scheme
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Low-cost housing planned for slum dwellers
A low-cost housing project has been undertaken under the joint initiative of the government and NGOs for slum dwellers and low-income people of the city. Several six-storey buildings will be built on five acres of land in Mirpur in the city. Each buildings will have several 600 square feet flats.
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Direct cash transfer no panacea by itself
Mihir Shah Any anti-poverty programme will work only if it leads to an end to dependence on doles. To end this dependence, sustainable livelihoods must be created for the poor.
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Collapse of affordable housing
A. Srivathsan A drastic intervention that combines incentives, subsidies and regulation is required to address the housing crisis.
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Slum rehab fine but not atcost of economically weak'
Pune July 07 Congress legislator questions civic body's wisdom in use of EWS space Pointing out that affordable housing for the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) of society is as badly needed as slum rehabilitation, Congress MLA Balasaheb Shivarkar has taken on the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC). He has charged the civic administration with using land reserved for EWS housing towards slum rehabilitation projects under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).