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THEME PAPER
• Connectivity, walkability and
traffic density; and
• Accessibility for all by public
transit, cycle, walk.
INCLUSIVE HOUSING
A large proportion of poor
population in urban areas
lives in unplanned slums and
illegal colonies are homeless
and destitutes, including senior
citizens, working women,
widows, students, and young
professionals. ‘Housing for All’
means inclusion of all vulnerable
segments.
Illegal Colonies: For grant of
in-situ ownership rights in the
illegal colonies, the MOHUA
vide its notification dated 29th
October 2019 has enacted the
NCT of Delhi (Recognition of
Property Rights of Residents
in Unauthorised Colonies)
Regulations, 2019. The
regularisation and upgradation
of the unplanned settlements aim
at improving the quality of life
of the residents by participatory
planning, better facilities, safe
structures, accessible roads and
services.
The Master Plan of Delhi
(MPD 2021) provides a India an ultra-age society.
framework for redevelopment
of unplanned areas by allowing
the amalgamation of the plots
to a minimum combined area
of 1670 sqm with an FAR up to
400 and a minimum street width
of 7.5 m. Additional floor area
ratio (FAR) would mobilise the
owners/tenants to form a small
cooperative for a composite Disabled: it is estimated that
redevelopment, along with in India about 27 million, that
widening of roads, parking is about 2% of the population,
spaces and the structures are disabled, who are by and
conforming to fire and structural large poor and lack appropriate
safety standards. housing. The Person with
By optimising the use of Disability (Equal Opportunities,
the available land and the Protection of Rights and
amalgamation of fragmented, Full Participation) Act, 1996
small plots, it would be possible mandates non-discrimination,
to create wider streets, open equal opportunities that protect
spaces, better social nodes and their rights to full participation.
educational facilities, together This requires that spaces are
with safe structures. designed to suit their needs for
Homeless: The Census of India barrier free universal access.
defines homeless people as those Working Women and Widows:
not living in a “census house”, With rising education and
i.e. a structure with a roof. The employment large number of
residents of ‘Jhuggi and Jhompri’ women are working, who face
clusters are entitled to dwelling the chronic shortage of safe and
or a plot in a regularised area. affordable housing. Many of
Senior Citizens: As per the them are unmarried/single and
Census, the population of senior widows. As per census 2011,
citizens stood as 7.5 per cent of there were 56 million widows
the total population. It is likely (4.6% of population) in India,
to increase to 12.4 percent in many of whom face the problem
2026, as per the report of the of housing.
Technical Group constituted University Students: During last
by the National Commission decades, India had an enrolment
on Population. According to of 30 million students in higher
UN projections, the overall education. Many of them are
population will increase by 326 migrants and are not provided
percent by the year 2050, making with the hostel accommodation.
As a result, they live in expensive
The Maintenance and Welfare paying guest accommodation
of Parents and Senior Citizens or live in sub-let substandard
Act, 2007 seeks to ensure that the rooms. They do not require
elderly are not deprived of basic the standard dwelling unit,
amenities like food, healthcare but affordable, clean and quiet
and housing. This mandates hostels with essential services.
dedicated housing programme Professional Workers: It is
for senior citizens. estimated that about one-third
of the urban working population
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