Lok Sabha Question No. 2331 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-13
Subject: Permanent Housing Solutions for Homeless People
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Smt. Rachna Banerjee

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2331 TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 13, 2025

## PERMANENT HOUSING SOLUTIONS FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE NO. 2331.   SMT. RACHNA BANERJEE:

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

- (a) the details of the steps taken/being taken by the Government to provide permanent housing solutions for the homeless people in urban areas;
- (b) whether there are any dedicated programmes or policies addressing the
- said issue and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the manner in which the Government is planning to address the issue of urban  slums,  particularly  the  lack  of  basic  services  such  as  water, sanitation and electricity in these areas; and
- (d) the manner in which the Government proposes to facilitate the rehabilitation of slum dwellers and improvement in their living conditions?
- ANSWER

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

- (a) &  (b):  'Land'  and  'Colonization'  are  State  subjects.  Therefore,  schemes related to housing for their citizens including homeless and slum dwellers in their  respective  urban  areas  are  implemented  by  States/Union  Territories (UTs). However,  the  Ministry  of  Housing  and  Urban  Affairs  (MoHUA) supplements the efforts of States/UTs by providing Central Assistance under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Urban (PMAY-U) since 25.06.2015 with an aim to provide all weather pucca houses with basic civic amenities to eligible urban  beneficiaries  including  homeless  and  slum  dwellers  across  the country.

Based on project proposals submitted by the State/UT Governments under PMAY-U,  a  total  of  118.64  lakh  houses  have  been  sanctioned  by  the Ministry, out of which 112.46 lakh have been grounded and 90.60 lakh are completed/delivered  to  the  beneficiaries  including  homeless  and  slum dwellers  in  urban  areas  as  on  03.03.2025.  The  remaining  houses  are  at different stages of construction. The scheme period has been extended up to 31.12.2025 to complete sanctioned houses without changing the funding pattern and implementation methodology.

Additionally,  the  Government  also  supported  Shelter  for  Urban  Homeless under  Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana  -  National  Urban  Livelihoods  Mission (DAY-NULM)  to  ensure  availability  and  access  of  the  urban  homeless population to permanent shelters including the basic infrastructure facilities like water supply, sanitation, safety and security.

(c)& (d): 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  for  1  crore  additional eligible  beneficiaries  including  slum  dwellers  through  four  verticals  i.e., Beneficiary Led Construction (BLC), Affordable Housing in Partnership (AHP), Affordable Rental Housing (ARH) and Interest Subsidy Scheme (ISS).

PMAY-U  2.0  is  a  demand  driven  scheme.  Selection  of  beneficiaries,  under various verticals preferred by the beneficiaries, formulation of projects and execution is done by States/UTs. States/UTs prepare project proposals and after approval of State Level Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee (SLSMC), headed  by  Chief  Secretary  of  the  State/UT,  these  are  submitted  to  the Ministry for sanctioning of admissible Central Assistance by Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee (CSMC).

As  per  the  scheme  guidelines  of  PMAY-U  2.0,  State/UT  Governments  can propose  projects  for  providing  pucca  houses  in  tenable  slums  with  list  of eligible  beneficiaries  for  sanctioning  of  Central  Assistance  under    BLC vertical.     Similarly,     States/UTs     may     also   propose 'Redevelopment' or  'In-situ  Improvement'  projects  for  tenable  slums  having dilapidated buildings located on Government/Urban Local Body (ULB)/Public land under AHP vertical. Under this vertical, the existing slum may be in-situ redeveloped  in  the  form  of  multi-storied  building  with  basic  amenities  and social  infrastructure.  States/UTs  may  also  take  benefit  of  other  flagship urban  Missions  like  Swachh  Bharat  Mission  -  Urban  2.0  (SBM-U  2.0),  Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation 2.0 (AMRUT 2.0) etc. to converge efforts for provision of basic amenities and social infrastructure.

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