Urban Housing Shortage

Top 8 cities grapple with severe undersupply of affordable houses: Report

Demand for affordable housing projected to reach 30 mn units by 2030

Updated On: 29 Aug 2025 | 7:18 PM IST

Home Alone: Single professionals revive demand for luxe studio apartments

Supply of these compact living spaces, though, has been falling since the pandemic, with little sign of recovery despite a spate of new launches in urban centres

Updated On: 19 Jun 2025 | 4:21 PM IST

Budget 2024: What did FM Nirmala Sitharaman say about the middle class

Union Budget 2024-25: Emphasis on employment, skilling, and MSMEs, but no tax relief for the middle class

Updated On: 23 Jul 2024 | 11:12 PM IST

Madhya Pradesh government's new housing scheme for urban residents

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced this at a public meeting in Indore

Updated On: 22 Sep 2023 | 10:12 PM IST

Slums in the urban ecosystem

While posing a complex challenge, slums also offer a unique opportunity for morally and economically imperative urban development

Updated On: 20 Sep 2023 | 8:31 PM IST

Home truths about urban housing scheme: 60% completion in 11 of 35 states

It would take the government another five years to construct all houses sanctioned under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (urban).

Updated On: 26 May 2022 | 10:41 PM IST

India's urban housing shortage rises 54% to 29 mn in 2018: Report

This is based on the number of physically inadequately housed households, according to a research paper

Updated On: 23 Dec 2020 | 7:02 PM IST

Govt slashes urban housing shortage number by half

The government will use its own surplus land to build affordable homes and address this shortage

Updated On: 16 Nov 2017 | 1:02 AM IST