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infrastructure like water supply, alternative dispute resolution with compatible land uses
sewerage, drainage electricity, through mechanisms such as only. The development under
street lights, telecom, etc. The conciliation and mediation at ARHC interfacing with a non
employer of the urban poor the local or community level - compatible land use could
would reap the most tangible under the provisions of this be hazardous in the longer
(economic) benefit of the ARHC Act. run.
scheme. The urban poor are • A high density development • The ARHC Scheme could
likely to be lesser fatigued by in the urban areas is expected allow funding for construction
long travel hours and redundant as an outcome of the ARHC and maintenance from
routine works. They have an ease scheme. Hence, it is necessary the CSR (Corporate Social
of living which gets reflected that adequate infrastructure Responsibility) initiatives
in the form of a healthy and and its contingencies are which defines the companies’
an energetic human resource predicted, planned and obligation to take up projects
thereby increasing the efficiency should be an integral part of towards social welfare
in performance and resulting in the city designing and master activities.
a higher output. planning.
• Over the years, when the CONCLUSION
RECOMMENDATIONS
urban poor or the migrant Rental Housing has been a
• The Draft Model Tenancy financially stabilises in the neglected space in India for
Act 2019 (MoHUA, 2019) urban areas, he or she would a very long time. Housing is
aims to bridge the trust aspire to own a house in the a non-discretionary product.
deficit between tenants city. As an extension to the People will need homes in good
and landlords by clearly ARHC Scheme, a provision times and bad. Coupled with the
delineating the obligations could be made for the tenant millennial population coming of
of tenants and landlords. to have the first right to age, housing non - affordability
In order to ensure speedy own the house he or she and the changing perception
redressal of disputes, it also is residing in, if ever sold about home ownership, the
proposes to establish Rent by the developer, after the pool of renters is only going
Court and Rent Tribunal that completion of the first phase to expand. Rental housing
will hear appeals for matters of the scheme i.e. 25 years. reforms like the Affordable
connected to rental housing. This recommendation would Rental Housing Complexes
This Act can be used to fuel not only bring in a feeling of (ARHC) scheme in India will
the rental housing supply belongingness but also instil a help develop a large residential
pipeline and thus attracting sense of identity in the urban stock. The Scheme with its
more investors. It is essential poor or the migrant as a city proposed two models ensures
to create a regulatory body dweller. benefits, opportunities and
to deal with issues related to • The ARHC allows permitting advantages to all stakeholders
ARHC separately. It should change in land use for the i.e the government, the city, the
include dispute redressal, purpose of developing rental business entrepreneurs and the
exemption from security and housings. It is necessary to urban poor or the migrant, all at
advance rent, delayed rent ensure that the interface of one go. The government vacant
payments, maintenance of the new rental residential housing stock will be put to
property etc. under the Act. areas is being developed use and new housings will add
There should be a provision for to the economic development
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