PMAY-U | Central assistance to States/ Union Territories for providing all-weather pucca houses

Minister of State for Housing & Urban Affairs, Shri Kaushal Kishore has informed that In pursuance of the Government’s vision of “Housing for All”, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) is implementing Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U) since 25.06.2015 for giving Central assistance to States/ Union Territories (UTs) for providing all-weather pucca houses to all eligible urban households. States/ UTs have undertaken demand survey under PMAY-U for assessing actual demand of housing.  Total assessed demand of houses reported by States/ UTs under the scheme is 112.24 lakhs. Based on the project proposals submitted by the States/ UTs, 1,15,08,778 houses have been sanctioned across the country. State/ UT-wise details of number of houses sanctioned under PMAY-U are at Annexure.

In order to achieve the vision of ‘Housing for All’, Ministry monitors progress of the Scheme through periodic review meetings, video-conferences and field visits. Ministry has advised States/ UTs to expedite the construction of sanctioned houses so that all houses are completed within the stipulated timeline.

PMAY-U addresses affordable housing requirement in urban areas through four verticals: (i) Beneficiary-led individual house construction or enhancement (BLC) (ii) Affordable Housing in Partnership (AHP) (iii) Credit-Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS) and (iv) “In-Situ” Slum Redevelopment (ISSR).

Further, this Ministry has launched Affordable Rental Housing Complexes (ARHCs) as a sub-scheme of PMAY-U to provide dignified living to urban migrants/poor near their workplace. This scheme is being implemented through two models i.e. Model-1: Utilizing existing Government funded vacant houses to convert into ARHCs through Public Private Partnership (PPP) or by Public Agencies, andModel-2: Construction, Operation & Maintenance of ARHCs by Public/Private Entities on their own available vacant land.

Around 115.09 lakh houses have been sanctioned under PMAY-U; out of which, nearly 55.45 lakh have been completed/ delivered to beneficiaries and remaining are at various stages of construction/ grounding.