Lok Sabha Question No. 1896 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-14
Subject: Affordable Rental Housing Complex
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Mohanbhai Kalyanji Kundariya, Dipsinh Shankarsinh Rathod

- (a)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1896

TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 14, 2023

AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING COMPLEX

NO. 1896.  SHRI MOHANBHAI KALYANJI KUNDARIYA:

SHRI DIPSINH SHANKARSINH RATHOD:

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

- the salient features of Affordable Rental Housing Complex (ARHC);
- (b) the details of functional ARHCs units in Gujarat;
- (c)
- the criteria fixed for determining the rental rates for ARHC units;
- (d) the number of migrant beneficiaries who have availed themselves of the benefits in the districts of Morbi and Rajkot;
- (e) whether there are any plans for expanding the ARHC initiative in Gujarat and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) whether  any  assessments  or  feedback  mechanisms  are  in  place  to evaluate the satisfaction and needs of residents in ARHC units and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

(SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

- (a)  to  (e):  Ministry  of  Housing  and  Urban  Affairs  (MoHUA)  has  launched Affordable Rental Housing Complexes (ARHCs) as a sub-scheme of Pradhan Mantri  Awas  Yojana  -  Urban  (PMAY-U)  to  provide  dignified  living  to  urban migrants/poor  near  their  workplace.  This  scheme  is  being  implemented through two models as under:

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,

Model-2: Construction, Operation & Maintenance of ARHCs by Public/Private

Entities on their own available vacant land.

ARHCs scheme is being implemented in all Statutory Towns as per Census 2011 and Towns notified subsequently, Notified Planning Areas and areas of Development/Special Area Development/Industrial Development Authorities. Projects under ARHCs will be applicable for consideration and funding till

PMAY-U Mission period.

Beneficiaries for ARHCs  belong  to Economically Weaker  Section/Low Income Group who are urban migrants/poor. They include labour, urban poor (street  vendors,  rickshaw  pullers,  other  service  providers  etc.),  industrial workers, and migrants working with market/trade associations, educational/health institutions, hospitality sector, long term tourists/visitors, students or any other persons of such category.

Further,  the  details  of  ARHCs  scheme  are  available  in  its  Operational Guidelines at http://arhc.mohua.gov.in/filesUpload/Operational-Guidelines-of-

ARHCs.pdf.

As  per  the  Operational  Guidelines  of  ARHCs,  the  initial  affordable  rent  of ARHCs  will  be  fixed  by  the  local  authority  based  on  a  local  survey. Subsequently, rent will be enhanced biennially by 8%, subject to maximum funding  of  20%  in  aggregate,  over  a  period  of  5  years,  effective  from  the date of signing the contract. Same mechanism shall be followed over the entire concession period i.e. 25 years.

Projects of ARHCs under both Models are approved based on the proposals received from State/Union Territory (UT) Governments. A total of 1,769 units are functional in Gujarat so far in the city of Surat and Ahmedabad and 698 units  have  been  converted  into  ARHCs  in  Rajkot.  There  is  no  further proposal from Gujarat for conversion of houses into ARHCs including Morbi so far under Model-1.

- (f):   As per the Operational Guidelines of ARHCs, following mechanisms are in place to evaluate the satisfaction and needs of residents in ARHC units:
- (i) Concessionaire/Entity submits the 'Project Compliance Report' to concerned Urban Local Body (ULB) on quarterly basis for monitoring the implementation.
- (ii) States/ULBs/Parastatals  review  the  project  status  and  implementation  of contract  terms  on  a  periodic  basis  as  per  requirement  and  take  suitable measures for smooth implementation of scheme.

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