Maharashtra Housing Department advises landlords to postpone rent collection for 3 months

In a month of April 2020 the Housing Department of Maharashtra issued a circular asking landlords and house owners to postpone the collection of rent in view of the lockdown situation for tenants for at least three months. It has also been said that landlords should not evict tenants for not paying rent during this period.

The circular signed by Housing Secretary Sanjay Kumar went viral on social media. Many zamindars are within a fixed range whether the government had the legal power to enforce it.

The lockdown has an adverse effect on people's income and employment. “Many people face difficult financial situations. A large number of people are not able to pay their regular rent. Therefore, recovery of rent should be postponed for at least three months and no tenant should be excluded for non-payment of rent, said in the circular.

The proposal is to be implemented with immediate effect. Issuers have gone well with landlords whose only source of income is rent. However, in the words of Housing Minister Jitendra Awadh, “Many people are experiencing economic difficulties as a result of the epidemic. The government has taken this step keeping in mind that it will be difficult for tenants to pay the rent in future.

Rents in Mumbai are skyrocketing and the move is a sigh of relief for the majority of tenants. Rajesh Prajapati, a member of the managing committee of the Housing Chamber of the Government of Maharashtra, said, "At the moment, the government feels that landlords are in a better position for economic devastation based on rental income." 

30,000 housing stock to be built in Maharashtra in two years: Maharashtra government

Maharashtra cabinet minister Jitendra Awhad had said in the assembly on Tuesday that the Maharashtra government would stock 30,000 housing units in the next two years. He also said that the affordable housing scheme in Maharashtra will start from May 1 and is expected to be completed in the next two years and 10% of the houses constructed by the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority are reserved for each police personnel and class IV government employee will go (MHADA).

"Unused land in 25,000 acres of land acquired by SEZ developers will be taken back by the Maharashtra government and after payment to these firms, the land will be used to construct affordable homes" The minister announced. He also said that the government is seriously paying attention to bring a bill on this issue because if it is done then more than 5 lakh affordable houses can be constructed in the next five years and this will change the state of poverty in the state.

The work of submitting the proposal for final approval will be done through a single-window system in an interval of 90 days.

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