Last year, IDFC Institute released India Infrastructure Report 2018: Making Housing Affordable. Among its themes, the report explores the gap between urban housing shortfall and availability, highlighting some unsettling findings.
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Former Resident Senior Fellow, Alexander Tabarrok, discusses Mumbai's housing crisis with CEO and Senior Fellow, Reuben Abraham, and Junior Fellow, Kshitij Batra. ...
Pavan Ankinapalli, Associate Fellow at IDFC Institute, has co-authored two chapters, ‘Leaving Poor to their Own Devices: The Case of Amraiwadi, Ahmedabad’ with Darshini Mahadevia and Pooja Shah; and ‘Tenure Security through External Agency Intervention: The Case of Vasna, Ahmedabad...
IDFC Institute hosted a private roundtable on “Facilitating an Easy Market for Affordable Housing Development in India” with developers, financiers, policy experts, and academics. This Briefing Paper summarises the key points raised, supporting the need for a more rationalised, consistent, ...
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis recently approved a new Transferable Development Rights (TDR) policy, aiming to control property prices while encouraging land acquisition for public amenities. The new policy allows builders to obtain twice the amount of TDR for land that is surrendered ...
The Reserve Bank of India recently announced measures to cut the repo rate cut by 25 basis points and ease lending norms for affordable housing.
This Hindu article explains:
"... The listless real estate sector has been facing a liquidity crunch, and the b...
As part of the Indian government's initiative to provide 'Housing for All', it is likely to push for provisions by local authorities for rental housing for migrant workers. The government says it was inspired by the "chawls" of Mumbai, which came up to cater to people migrating to Mumbai i...
