Page 87 - HUDCO-SHELTER-APR21

CASE STUDY

• During 1990s, the housing Apart from public house and development control were a
policy in India envisaged that building; it emphasized upon hindrance to achieving the
the government would move house building through policy objective (Jain 2016,
away from 'direct provision of partnerships between Central Nallathiga 2005). Industry
housing' towards 'enabling and State governments as well as advisories also showcased
housing development'; between the Government and affordable housing as the next
private sector so as to leverage thing to happen, but they also
• After 2000s, the successive imply the need for support from
private sector participation in
governments gave incentives the Government to the
planning, execution and finance
for home ownership (through developers by some means (JLL
(GoI 2007). The Technical Group
mortgage tax relief), which 2012).The MGI report (2014)
12 of Government of India
promoted the role of private discusses that the affordable
(Kundu 2012) also estimated that
sector in housing development. housing is a major issue
housing shortages were large
confronting the world that
Housing has been assuming and rising (see Figure 1).
required multi-pronged approach
more importance in urban areas
Although, the NUHHP had to address it comprehensively.
for the last two decades, when pronounced universal housing It discusses the incentives
India has been becoming
as the goal of housing and raised required, public sector role,
increasingly urbanized with pitch through 'Housing for All', private sector participation and
more than one-third of Indian there was not much enthusiasm long term town and country
population is urban now (ADB at the ground level for the planning among others for
2014). The National Urban numerous issues which need to achieving it. Sengupta (2014)
Housing and Habitat Policy be addressed, as pronounced by also discusses the challenges and
(NUHHP) in India, which came the real estate and housing opportunities for affordable
to the fore in 2007, emphasized bodies (KPMG NAREDCO housing in India through private
on multi-pronged approach 2013).It is also claimed that the sector participation.
towards housing in urban India. rigid policies of urban planning
In spite of a lot of experience of
the Public-Private Partnership
Figure 1: Urban Housing Shortage and Its Projections (PPP) in many other sectors in
India, particularly in
infrastructure development,
there have been fewer a empts
to provide affordable housing
through the PPP model. PPPs
have been very successful in the
creation of a large highway and
road network in India in the last
couple of decades. Given this
backdrop, the Shukhobrishti
Housing Project Case assumes
importance, as it is one such
a empt made in India to
provide affordable housing on
the PPP model.

April 2021 Volume 22 No. 1- SHELTER 85