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Housing Society Self-Redevelopment Gains Momentum Across Maharashtra
Housing societies are groups of families who live together in apartment buildings.
Sometimes those buildings get very old and need to be torn down and rebuilt.
Usually, the families hire a builder to do the work.
The self-redevelopment scheme lets the families rebuild on their own instead, with support from a bank.
A leader named Pravin Darekar started this idea in Mumbai.
Now, city councils across Maharashtra are talking about it too.
The Navi Mumbai city council has asked its officials to support the idea.
A study group has also suggested changes to city rules to help more societies do this.
The goal is to create affordable housing without straining roads, water and other services.
Mr. Darekar says he will meet Navi Mumbai officials soon to push the plan forward.
Maharashtra Housing Self/Redevelopment Authority chairman and BJP MLA Pravin Darekar said self-redevelopment of housing societies is gaining momentum in municipal corporations across Maharashtra.
The self-redevelopment scheme was introduced in Mumbai through the Mumbai District Central Cooperative Bank (Mumbai Bank) for middle-class families.
Corporators in the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation have urged the civic body to promote self-redevelopment.
Darekar's study group has recommended policy changes and submitted detailed recommendations on the UDCPR to the state government.
Darekar said he will hold discussions with the Navi Mumbai mayor, group leaders, corporators and municipal commissioner to boost self-redevelopment.
- Who
- Pravin Darekar, chairman of the Maharashtra Housing Self/Redevelopment Authority and BJP MLA.
- What
- Announced that self-redevelopment of housing societies is gaining momentum across Maharashtra and that he will hold discussions to boost it in Navi Mumbai.
- Where
- Maharashtra, including Mumbai and Navi Mumbai.
- When
- Tuesday.
- Why
- To promote self-redevelopment for middle-class families, create affordable housing, and address inconsistencies between the housing policy and the DCPR/UDCPR.
Key facts
- Key figure
- Pravin Darekar, Maharashtra Housing Self/Redevelopment Authority chairman and BJP MLA
- Scheme origin
- Introduced in Mumbai through the Mumbai District Central Cooperative Bank (Mumbai Bank)
- Target beneficiaries
- Middle-class housing society families
- Civic body involved
- Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation
- Regulation under review
- Unified Development Control and Promotion Regulations (UDCPR)
- Recommendations submitted to
- Maharashtra state government
- Next step
- Discussions with Navi Mumbai mayor, group leaders, corporators and municipal commissioner
Quotes
Pravin Darekar
BJP MLA and Maharashtra Housing Self/Redevelopment Authority chairman
“Seeing self‑redevelopment being discussed in municipal corporations gives me satisfaction that every moment devoted to the scheme over the years has been worthwhile.”
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“A concrete alternative has already been suggested by the Darekar study group. There is now a need to take up the issue again at the government level.”
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