Puri launches guidebook on central scheme for affordable housing
(WorldNews India)

As part of a new central scheme to provide affordable housing on rent to the poor from the pool of government houses lying unused in India, Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri Friday launched a guidebook or knowledge pack to provide policy clarity to all stakeholders. Puri also launched ‘CREDAI Awaas App` and NAREDCO’s online portal ‘HousingforAll.com` through a video conference. “About 1.08 lakh houses constructed under previous government schemes are vacant in 159 cities, which are potentially available for rental housing for urban migrants or the poor,” Puri said. The Affordable Rental Housing Complexes (ARHC) scheme, which has been launched under the Pradhan...