Lok Sabha Question No. 1704 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-11
Subject: Vacant Multi-Storey Houses
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah, Pushpendra Singh Chandel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION

NO. 1704

TO BE ANSWERED ON FEBRUARY 11, 2021

## VACANT MULTI-STOREY HOUSES

SHRIMATI MALA RAJYA LAXMI SHAH: SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL:

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether a large number newly constructedlunderconstruction multi-storey houses are vacant in metropolitan cities of the country including Delhi;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) is any plan to make housing available to low and middle income groups at concessional rates; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

(SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

- (a)&(b): Land' and 'Colonization' are State subjects- Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs does not maintain data of real estate projects and details thereof:
- (c) &(d) Presently, there is no scheme to make housing available to low and middle income groups at concessional rates: However, in order to provide every urban poor household with a house by 2022, this Ministry is implementing Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban)-PMAY-(U): Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS) is an important component under this  scheme which provides interest subsidy on home loans to Economically Weaker Section (EWS)
- Lower Income Group (LIG) and Middle Income Group (MIG)

householdsCumulative assistance provided under CLSS as on 01.02.2021 isas under :

| Cash Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | Cash Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS)   | Cash Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS)   | Cash Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS)   | Cash Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS)   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| Criteria                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | Progress                            | Progress                            | MIG                                 | MIG                                 |
| Upto 30 sqm for EWS (annual household income up to Rs. 3,00,000), 60 sqm for LIG (annual household income from Rs.300001 to Rs. 6,00,000), 160 sqm for MIG-I (annual household income from Rs. 600001 to Rs.12,00,000), and 200 sqm for MIG-II (annual household income from Rs. 1200001 to | EWSILIG Central Subsidy Amount      | No. of beneficiary households       | Central Subsidy Amount              | No. of beneficiary households       |
| Rs. 18, 00,000)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | Rs. 20,776.65 Crore                 | 8,62,914                            | Rs.11,991.46 Crore                  | 4,92,590                            |

Further, scheme of Affordable Rental Housing Complexes (ARHCs) has recently been launched to utilize Government funded vacant houses of EWSI LIG category to provide homes to urban migrantsl poor at affordable rent by  public   agencies through a concessionaire for a period of 25 yearsUnder ARHC Scheme, Private/Public entities are also incentivized to develop such complexes with singlel double bedrooms and dormitory type accommodation to be rented out at affordable rates to category of urban poorl migrants-