The Centre will sign agreements with states by September 2020 for construction of affordable living spaces for the poor and migrant workers in urban areas under the Affordable Rental Housing Complexes Scheme (AHRC).
In Delhi, there are around 32,000 flats available under the scheme while Faridabad has around 1,000 dwelling units.
Besides government-funded flats, vacant plots can also be developed to construct flats under the scheme, but states will have to choose ‘use permission’ in their respective master plan to allow the same.
The ARHC scheme, which has been launched under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban, will help provide affordable living spaces for the poor and migrant workers.
The government has set a target of constructing or retrofitting housing units under the ARHC scheme till 2022.
The expression of interest (EoI) has been sent to states and Union Territories; rent will be decided by local bodies.