The government has lowered the floor space index (FSI) for a mass housing scheme being implemented in the Mumbai metropolitan ... to replace the rental housing component with affordable houses.

He also stressed the need for affordable housing for the middle class and rental housing for poor families so that those wishing to own homes can do so. Read Also Mumbai: MNCDF Releases Citizens ...

The state plans to create affordable housing near major hospitals in cities like Mumbai. These will be offered on rent to relatives of patients, on the lines of the Prime Minister Awas Yojana.

That rent would cover a property on ... me to go to work,” resident Aiwale said. “Affordable housing is impossible to find in a city like Mumbai.” ($1 = 82.2500 Indian rupees) Mrunali ...