Lok Sabha Question No. 5361 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-04-03
Subject: Progress of Affordable Rental Housing Complexes Scheme
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Amrinder Singh Raja Warring

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5361

## TO BE ANSWERED ON APRIL 03, 2025

## PROGRESS OF AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING COMPLEXES SCHEME

- NO. 5361.   SHRI AMRINDER SINGH RAJA WARRING:

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

- (a) the  current  status  of  the  Affordable  Rental  Housing  Complexes (ARHC) Scheme including key achievements and challenges;
- (b) whether the scheme has effectively addressed the housing needs of migrant workers in urban areas and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the total number of ARHCs sanctioned in Punjab since 2020, yearwise;
- (d) the number of ARHCs currently operational in Punjab; and
- (e) whether the Government is considering for extending the scheme to further support affordable housing for migrants and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI TOKHAN SAHU)

- (a) to  (e):  Ministry  of  Housing  and  Urban  Affairs  (MoHUA)  launched Affordable  Rental  Housing  Complexes  (ARHCs)  in  2020  as  a  subscheme  of  Pradhan  Mantri  Awas  Yojana  -  Urban  (PMAY-U)  to provide dignified living to urban migrants/poor near their workplace. This scheme is implemented through two models:
- i. Model-1:  Utilizing  existing  Government  funded  vacant  houses constructed  under  Jawaharlal  Nehru  National  Urban  Renewal Mission (JNNURM) and Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) to convert into

ARHCs  through  Public  Private  Partnership  (PPP)  or  by  Public Agencies,

- ii. Model-2: Construction, Operation & Maintenance of ARHCs by Public/Private Entities on their own available vacant land.

Beneficiaries of ARHCs are urban migrants/poor from Economically Weaker Section (EWS)/Low Income Group (LIG).

Under  Model-1,  so  far,  5,648  existing  Government  funded  vacant houses have been converted into ARHCs in different States/Union Territories  (UTs).  Under  Model-2,  MoHUA  has  approved  proposals for  construction  of  82,273  new  ARHC  units  in  7  States,  of  which 35,425  have  been  completed  and  remaining  are  under  different stages  of  initiation/construction.  These  ARHCs  provide  dignified living  with  all  civic  amenities  to  the  eligible  beneficiaries  at  an affordable  rate.  No  proposal  under  ARHCs  sub-scheme  has  been received from the State Government of Punjab so far.

Further,  based  on  the  learning  from  the  experiences  of  9  years implementation of PMAY-U, MoHUA has revamped the scheme and launched  PMAY-U  2.0  'Housing  for  All'  Mission  with  effect  from 01.09.2024 for implementation in urban areas across the country to construct, purchase and rent a house by 1 crore additional eligible beneficiaries at affordable cost through four verticals i.e., Beneficiary Led Construction (BLC), Affordable Housing in Partnership  (AHP),  Affordable  Rental  Housing  (ARH)  and  Interest Subsidy Scheme (ISS).

ARH  vertical  of  PMAY-U  2.0  aims  to  promote  creation  of  rental housing  for  EWS/LIG  beneficiaries  including  migrant  workers  and other poor who do not want to own a house but require housing for short  term  basis.  The  scheme  guidelines  of  PMAY-U  2.0  may  be accessed at https://pmay-urban.gov.in/uploads/guidelines/OperationalGuidelines-of-PMAY-U-2.pdf.

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