Migrant Housing Development Strategies
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought in the spotlight a crucial social issue: the need for better housing options for migrant workers. The government has declared that it would look at promoting the creation of Rental Housing for migrant workers so that such difficulties can be avoided in the future.
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Jun 2, 2020 6:01 AM
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought in the spotlight a crucial social issue: the need for better housing options for migrant workers. The government has declared that it would look at promoting the creation of Rental Housing for migrant workers so that such difficulties can be avoided in the future. The Finance Minister also spoke of looking at the Public Private Partnership (PPP) model to achieve this. Organised mass Rental Housing projects replacing informal settlements in cities of future could emerge as one of the biggest learning from the current crisis A report created jointly by Knight Frank India and RICS presents both short - term and long - term solutions that would help achieve the goal of viable housing and concrete, executable solutions for Rental Housing specially in the urban centres of India. Strategies that can adapted for developing rental housing in urban India include channelizing government owned land for rental housing development, planning controls to improve viability on rental housing projects and some portion of land can also be marked for social housing development. The report recommends rental management companies to pool private houses and fiscal subsidies to promote rental housing development. The organised rental housing.
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