Maharashtra govt could tweak rules to boost self redevelopment
The state government could amend the new development control rules to encourage self redevelopment. This is a model where residents redevelop their properties without a builder to corner all the benefits.
The housing department will table a proposal before the state cabinet after deliberations with departments such as urban development, cooperation and revenue.
On Saturday , January 5, 2019, the self redevelopment model received its first major push with a full-fledged brainstorming meeting with all the stakeholders in chief minister Devendra Fadnavis’ war room in Mantralaya. The meeting was chaired by Gagrani following the CM’s directive.
Saturday’s meeting was attended by officials from various state departments, housing authority Mhada, housing activist Chandrashekhar Prabhu, who has authored the policy, Mumbai District Central Cooperative Bank chairman Praveen Darekar, and housing society members. The cooperative bank’s officials made a presentation on the self redevelopment model. The bank has sanctioned Rs 75 crore and has given an in-principle approval to sanction Rs 780 crore to redevelop 19 housing societies. Gagrani said the government may later issue an administrative order to streamline and boost the self redevelopment model.
One of the main demands of housing societies is concessions in payment of hefty premiums to the BMC and Mhada during self redevelopment. It includes a crushing property tax on land under construction. While this tax on land under construction is meant to ensure that builders complete redevelopment projects on time, in self redevelopment, societies have no reason to delay construction work. Hence, to levy the same penal tax on societies is unfair, say activists. While builders with deep pockets who make profits from redevelopment schemes can afford to pay the premiums, society members who opt for self redevelopment are not in a position to do so.
Members of a Goregaon society currently self redeveloping their building said they were shocked when the BMC slapped them with Rs 75 lakh property tax for three years for land under construction. “The government must waive this off or give benefits to such societies,” said Chandrashekhar Prabhu, housing activist, who promotes self redevelopment.
The housing department will table a proposal before the state cabinet after deliberations with departments such as urban development, cooperation and revenue.
On Saturday , January 5, 2019, the self redevelopment model received its first major push with a full-fledged brainstorming meeting with all the stakeholders in chief minister Devendra Fadnavis’ war room in Mantralaya. The meeting was chaired by Gagrani following the CM’s directive.
Saturday’s meeting was attended by officials from various state departments, housing authority Mhada, housing activist Chandrashekhar Prabhu, who has authored the policy, Mumbai District Central Cooperative Bank chairman Praveen Darekar, and housing society members. The cooperative bank’s officials made a presentation on the self redevelopment model. The bank has sanctioned Rs 75 crore and has given an in-principle approval to sanction Rs 780 crore to redevelop 19 housing societies. Gagrani said the government may later issue an administrative order to streamline and boost the self redevelopment model.
One of the main demands of housing societies is concessions in payment of hefty premiums to the BMC and Mhada during self redevelopment. It includes a crushing property tax on land under construction. While this tax on land under construction is meant to ensure that builders complete redevelopment projects on time, in self redevelopment, societies have no reason to delay construction work. Hence, to levy the same penal tax on societies is unfair, say activists. While builders with deep pockets who make profits from redevelopment schemes can afford to pay the premiums, society members who opt for self redevelopment are not in a position to do so.
Members of a Goregaon society currently self redeveloping their building said they were shocked when the BMC slapped them with Rs 75 lakh property tax for three years for land under construction. “The government must waive this off or give benefits to such societies,” said Chandrashekhar Prabhu, housing activist, who promotes self redevelopment.
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