Chandigarh Administration to rent out 2,100 vacant flats in Maloya

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 10

The UT Administration is considering renting out small flats constructed by the Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) in Maloya to urban poor under the recently announced Affordable Rental Housing Complexes (ARHCs) scheme by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.

Under the scheme, the Administration would rent out nearly 2,195 vacant flats in Maloya to residents of Pre-Fab shelters in Sector 52 and Sector 56, said an official.

UT Adviser Manoj Parida had last month visited Pre-Fab shelters in Sector 52 and Sector 56. Residents of both areas had requested the UT Adviser to shift them to vacant CHB flats in Maloya.

The official said the residents would have to pay Rs3,000 per month as rent. The facility would be available on rent for a period of 25 years.

The Administration had signed an MoU with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs to rent out these flats under the scheme. The scheme would be implemented by the CHB through concessionaire to be appointed through the bidding process.

The Ministry had launched the scheme to provide ease of living, access to dignified and planned housing at affordable rent to migrant labour and urban poor. The scheme will be implemented by utilising existing vacant houses to convert them into ARHCs. The scheme will help urban migrants, who stay in slums, informal settlements, unauthorised colonies and peri-urban areas to save cost on housing. Beneficiaries for the scheme will be urban migrants and poor from the EWS or LIG categories.