By Team Homes | Friday, 21 June 2024

MHADA aids tenants in BDD chawls with 11 months rent in 1-shot payment

The MHADA – Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority has decided to provide eligible tenants with 11 months’ rent in one payment to make it simpler for tenants in old Bombay Development Directorate (BDD) Chawls to vacate their premises and to encourage more tenants to cooperate.

According to the Authority, this rent will be paid to eligible tenants in the BDD Chawl Redevelopment Project who have not chosen to stay in MHADA’s transit camp. The BDD Chawl Redevelopment work is spread more than 92 sections of land of land with redevelopment work advancing quickly at Worli, Naigaon, and NM Joshi Marg-Lower Parel. 

This policy will remain in effect until the transit units are filled with tenants. Upon verification by the project’s executive engineer, eligible tenants will receive 11 months’ rent in one payment.

The Authority noted that the tenants will receive the appropriate rent for the duration of their stay if the stay is longer than 11 months. The lease will be given in light of the original span of stay, in addition to a sweeping 11 months. According to the Authority, the computerized lottery for the allocation of rehabilitation units in the Worli BDD Chawl Redevelopment Project to eligible tenants will take place in the final week of June.

Regarding this, the authority said in a statement, “Eligible residential tenants, who do not prefer transit accommodations are being given Rs.25,000 per month as rent by MHADA. Similarly, non-residential tenants also receive Rs.25,000 per month as compensation. Initially, tenants were given 11 months' rent in advance and it was decided that after this instalment they will be given rent on a monthly basis. However, tenants requested that the rent be given in a lump sum for the next 11 months as well. Responding to this demand, MHADA vice-president and chief executive officer Sanjeev Jaiswal approved this proposal”.