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knowledge in the field of housing and urban development. It also enables the
Asia Pacific countries to speak with a unified voice at regional and international
fora on our common concern and challenges as well as approaches to address
the same. The APMCHUD is third of such bodies created under the aegis of
UN-Habitat after the Assembly of Ministers of Housing and Urban Development
of Latin American Countries (MINURVI), established in 1992 as the
representative body for the Latin American region and African Ministerial
Conference for Housing and Urban Development (AMCHUD) established in
2005 to represent the African region.
National Urban Housing and Habitat Policy
In the backdrop of the recent transformative changes in the urban development
sector especially housing and real estate sector, lessons learnt from
implementation of the National Urban Housing Habitat Policy (NUHHP), (2007),
new programmes/schemes launched by the government, the SDGs and the new
Urban Development Agenda, the time is opportune to review/revise the existing
NUHHP, 2007. In order to develop a sustainable and implementable Housing
and Habitat Policy, Ministry of HUPA has already initiated the process of
dialogue with various stakeholders for formulation of NUHHP, 2017.
Template for State Housing Policy for Urban Areas
For addressing the overall challenges faced by the housing sector in the country,
the Ministry had come up with the National Urban Housing and Habitat Policy
(NUHHP), 2007 which envisaged that the states/UTs would prepare a State
Urban Housing and Habitat Policy and also a State Urban Housing & Habitat
Action Plan. In order to assist the states in formulating the housing policies to
address the current requirements of the sector, Ministry of Housing and Urban
Poverty Alleviation has released a 'Template for Preparation of State Housing
Policy for Urban Areas'.
Draft Rental Housing Policy
Urban housing shortage in India, estimated to be 18.78 million during the 12th
Plan period with consequent increases resulting in increase in urbanization in
future years, is an area of concern. Historically housing policy/programmatic
interventions have been oriented towards home ownership, nevertheless,
providing housing to all on ownership basis has proved challenging. Growing
family needs had resulted in overcrowding and slum like situations due to lack
of alternatives such as rental housing and absence of rental housing frameworks
in the country. In order to address these issues, the Ministry has come up with
the Draft National Urban Rental Housing Policy (NURHP), 2015. The vision of
the Draft Policy is 'to create a vibrant, sustainable and inclusive rental housing
market in India'.
Model Tenancy Act
Ministry of HUPA has shared with the states and all stakeholders a draft Model
Tenancy Act, 2015. The highlights of this model are as follows: framework for