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prices have stagnated across of the total rental households urban rented accommodations
cities with Mumbai, Pune, in India are in Urban Areas. A do not have any written contract
Chennai and Kolkata witnessing household size of 3-4 comprise (Khaitan, 2019). While a part
a price decline of 3%, 4%, 3% and of up to 50 % of the rented of this could be due to the
2%, respectively. Ahmedabad, households in India, which informality of the premises itself,
Bengaluru and the National indicates the lower dependency the Rent Control Act enacted by
Capital Region (NCR) noted on ownership of a house in the various state governments
only 1%, 2% and 3% price urban areas by nuclear families. has become a deterrent to
growth while Hyderabad has A household size of 1- 2, ranges the formalisation of rental
9% price growth. The capital between 6 % to 12 % of the total agreements across the country
value growth hardly presents rented households in India. (figure-8).
ownership of a residential This is expected to rise with the Shift to a Rental Housing
property as an investment asset. growth of first phase migration Approach – Affordable Rental
On the other hand, the affordable of the poor in cities that prefers a Housing Complexes (ARHC)
housing under the Housing for shared accommodation.
all 2022 is not a tradable asset The reverse migration of the
for two reasons. A prospective FORMALISING THE urban poor or migrant during
buyer can himself get it from URBAN RENTAL the COVID 19 Pandemic put
the government, secondly, it is HOUSING forward the need for providing
a subsidised product and there As per the National Sample ease of living through access
exists a lock- in period. to dignified rental affordable
Survey Office (NSSO) in 2012, housing close to the migrant or
As per Census 2011 data, 79 % 71% of the households living in urban poor’s workplace. Under
Figure 8 Condition of Shared Rental Accomodation in Bhangel Village in Noida (Source: the vision of “Aatma Nirbhar
Author) Bharat “ and as a Sub-Scheme
to the “Pradhan Mantri Awas
Yojana (Urban) “ Mission for
“Housing for All 2022”, the “
Affordable Rental Housing
Complexes (ARHC) was
announced in 2020 in public and
private sectors under two models
of approach with sufficient fiscal
incentives have been provided
in the scheme. Utilizing existing
Government funded vacant
houses in cities by converting
them into ARHCs under Public
Private Partnership (PPP)
mode or by Public agencies as
a Centrally Sponsored Scheme,

1 First Phase: The migrant first enters the city based on his connections in the city that may be his relatives or friends or acquaintance at the native village.
They rely on them for housing or an accommodation and finding a job immediately when they enter the city.
Second Phase: As a chain reaction, friends and family members of a migrant join the migrant, once he is settled at his new destination.

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