Summary:
Maharashtra minister Jitendra Awhad on Tuesday said the state government will create stock of 30,000 affordable housing units in the next two years 10% of which will be reserved for police personnel and Class IV staff. Speaking in the Assembly on Tuesday, the Housing Minister said the affordable housing scheme will begin on May 1 and will be completed in two years. Awhad said 10% of houses built by Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) will be reserved for police personnel and Class IV government staff. Maharashtra government will buy back land totaling 25,000 acres acquired by SEZ developers but lying unused to construct affordable houses, he said. The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) is contemplating to bring a bill on this issue, he said, adding that if this is done, five lakh affordable houses can be constructed in five years..