This article in The Hindu Business Line assesses the obstacles to adequate rental supply in the housing market, citing findings from IDFC Institute's India Infrastructure Report.

For slum housing policies to be truly inclusive, the State must recognise diverse tenurial arrangements.

Low rental yields and obstacles to eviction mean that 11.1 million urban houses in India are left vacant.

Alex Tabarrok in conversation with Reuben Abraham, Vaidehi Tandel and Kshitij Batra about rent control in Mumbai

A Market Review Report by Motilal Oswal quotes IDFC Institute's work on affordable housing.

India's huge housing deficit, especailly in the lower income bracket, calls for a serious relook at the rental housing regime. This article in Swarjya by Vivek Kaul, talks of the critical need for rental housing reform if India's housing for all by...

Reviving rental housing needs drastic changes to the existing rent control regime to make it more responsive to the market while continuing to protect tenants against unfair rent increases and evictions.

This paper assesses the impact of rent control for Mumbai, where it has created a shortfall in formal, affordable rental housing and contributed to distortions in the land market.

A multi-pronged approach to simultaneously cater to different aspects of affordable housing is crucial.