Archive · 2 Jul 2025
Dharavi Project: Over 75% Qualify for New Homes in Sector 6
The Dharavi Redevelopment Project (DRP) is releasing its first list to see who gets new homes.
Over 75% of people in Sector 6 are eligible!
If you lived there before 2000, you'll get a bigger home inside Dharavi.
If you moved there between 2000 and 2011, you might get a smaller home outside.
People living on upper floors can get a home through a rent-to-own plan.
Even businesses are being considered, with options for spaces inside Dharavi, potentially on a rental basis.
Over 75% of Sector 6 tenement holders in Dharavi qualify for new homes.
Eligible residents include those before Jan 1, 2000, for 350 sq ft homes inside Dharavi.
Those between Jan 1, 2000, and Jan 1, 2011, may get 300 sq ft units outside Dharavi.
Upper-floor residents are included via a hire-purchase scheme for 300 sq ft homes.
Commercial units, eligible or not, will get spaces within Dharavi, some on a rental basis.
- Who
- The Dharavi Redevelopment Project (DRP) and tenement holders.
- What
- The DRP released its first eligibility list for Sector 6 of the Dharavi Redevelopment Project.
- When
- The first eligibility list was released on Wednesday, June 2nd.
- Where
- Dharavi, Mumbai.
- Why
- To identify residents eligible for new homes under the redevelopment scheme.
- Eligibility List Release
- First list for Sector 6 published
- Qualified Tenement Holders
- Over 75%
- Eligibility Cutoff (Before 2000)
- 350 sq ft homes within Dharavi
- Eligibility Cutoff (2000-2011)
- 300 sq ft homes outside Dharavi
- Upper-Floor Residents
- Eligible via hire-purchase scheme
- Commercial Units
- Spaces offered inside Dharavi, potentially on a rental basis
- Deadline for Objections
- July 5, 5:30 PM
