Round two months after MHADA’s (Maharashtra Housing and Space Growth Authority) Mumbai Board introduced the winners of its housing lottery, lots of them are ready to get possession of their houses — out of the two,030 homes allotted within the lottery, 1,327 are nonetheless underneath development.
It’s estimated that the inside work on these houses will take a further four-six months to finish.
In October, MHADA introduced a lottery for two,030 houses throughout Mumbai metropolis and suburbs. A complete of 1,34,350 on-line functions have been obtained, out of which 1,13,811 candidates paid the deposit and took part. On October 8, the record of winners was introduced.
Whereas houses included within the lottery will need to have occupancy certificates, 1,327 houses underneath development have been nonetheless a part of the lottery.
Winners have raised issues about these delays, notably concerning the inclusion of under-construction houses within the draw. As per MHADA’s pointers, houses will need to have occupancy certificates earlier than being included within the lottery. Many candidates have questioned whether or not this rule was adopted, as almost 65 per cent of the houses are incomplete.
Though the lottery course of concluded efficiently, many winners are questioning when they may truly obtain possession.
MHADA has assured that inside work can be accomplished inside 4–six months.
As many as 442 winners from this 12 months’s lottery had surrendered their houses to MHADA for varied causes, akin to profitable a number of houses or lacking domicile certificates.
Of those surrendered houses, 406 have been provided to these on the ready record. MHADA has despatched acceptance letters to those candidates, granting them 15 days to verify their allotment.
For the 13 houses that obtained minimal curiosity throughout the lottery, MHADA plans to reallocate them.
Candidates should now affirm their acceptance via the app or web site throughout the given timeframe, making this chance an actual “lottery win” for these on the ready record.
