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News18
4 days ago
- Business
- News18
MHADA To Give Rs 20,000 Monthly Rent To Tenants Of 96 Unsafe Cessed Buildings In Mumbai
Along with this, MHADA will also lease 400 small flats through private agencies to serve as temporary homes for affected families. In big relief for hundreds of families living in crumbling old buildings across Mumbai, the Mumbai Building Repairs and Reconstruction Board (MBRRB), a part of MHADA, has rolled out a support plan just ahead of the monsoon. After its routine pre-monsoon inspection, the Board has identified 96 cessed buildings as extremely unsafe to live in. Nearly 2,400 tenants and residents currently stay in these buildings, many of which are in poor condition and pose serious risk during heavy rains. To help them move to safer places, MHADA will give Rs 20,000 per month to residents who find their own alternate accommodation. This financial support aims to ease the immediate stress of relocating from homes that are no longer safe. Along with this, MHADA will also lease 400 small flats through private agencies to serve as temporary homes for affected families. These transit tenements, sized between 180 to 250 square feet, will be available on rent for three years. MHADA Vice President and CEO Sanjeev Jaiswal (IAS) has asked the Board to float public advertisements inviting private landlords to provide these flats. Currently, the Board has just 786 vacant transit homes, which is far from enough for all those who need urgent relocation. The decision to rent more units and provide rent money is part of a quick action plan to protect residents before the monsoon worsens. Notably, the full cost of this support — both the monthly rent and rental homes — will be recovered from the private developers or housing societies handling the redevelopment of these buildings. This includes rent, maintenance, and all other charges, starting from the date families receive this support. Mumbai has around 13,091 cessed buildings, many of which are decades old and face regular repair and safety issues. MBRRB currently manages 20,591 transit homes to house people evacuated due to structural repairs, collapses, demolition for road work, or rebuilding of narrow-plot structures. With this timely decision, MHADA hopes to protect vulnerable residents and make sure they are not left without shelter during the tough monsoon season. The Board has urged residents of these dangerous buildings to act quickly and cooperate with officials so that everyone can be moved to safer places without delay. First Published: June 05, 2025, 11:00 IST
Time of India
26-04-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Mumbai: MHADA cuts RR charges for additional area for tenants of old cessed buildings
NEW DELHI: Eligible original tenants and residents listed in the Mumbai Building Repairs and Reconstruction Board's (MBRRB) master list will now be charged only 100% of the ready reckoner rate, instead of the earlier 110%, for the additional area allotted beyond the permissible or original area of their old residential units, said Sanjeev Jaiswal , vice president and CEO of MHADA . This relief will be applied retrospectively to beneficiaries declared eligible in the December 2023 lottery. Jaiswal has directed that a new policy framework be finalized by April 28, 2025. Jaiswal said, "In many old and dangerous buildings, only the upper floors are demolished, leaving ground floor tenants in uncertainty. These residents were not previously regarded as eligible. We are going to change that; tenants on the ground floor will now be listed on the Master List and will also get the compensation they are due." MHADA is currently conducting a biometric survey of transit camp residents in order to categorize them into Categories A, B, and C in accordance with the Government Resolution dated September 13, 2019. MHADA CEO ordered that residents of Category A, whose original building cannot be rebuilt, be given preference when it comes to being added to the Master List. Furthermore, he directed that if the redevelopment of dangerous cessed buildings is stalled, tenants/residents should be offered the option to be added to the master list. This includes those living in buildings acquired by MHADA post-Notice under Section 91(A). Jaiswal also instructed the concerned departments to hold a new lottery within six months to determine eligibility and allot permanent homes to 100 tenants/residents from old cessed buildings. The December 2023 lottery was organised in five categories based on tenement size: 91 tenements of 401–500 sq ft, 28 tenements of 300–316 sq ft, seven tenements of 501–601 sq ft, one tenement of 701–753 sq ft, and 125 tenements of 301–500 sq ft. MHADA will hold a 10-day special camp to issue allotment letters to successful beneficiaries.
