Over 250 MHADA flats to be on offer

Here's good news for homebuyers who have been looking for affordable houses within city limits. According to senior MHADA officials, the forthcoming lottery that in most likelihood will be held in May will have 278 homes in the affordable segment in the Wadala region. If one doesn't consider Sion, then the authority hasn't had many affordable home projects on this side of the city. 

This will help MHADA have its image correction as the lottery in November had only eight homes in the Economically Weaker Section.

MHADA faced criticism from various corners after the November lottery had very few homes on offer — 820 to be precise. But what was worse that the number of homes for the EWS category was the lowest. MHADA is expected to construct homes for that segment of the society which cannot afford the homes constructed by developers in Mumbai.

According to a senior officer from MHADA, its Mumbai board is carrying out redevelopment of a chawl in Wadala's Antop Hill, where it will be constructing nearly four towers of 25 floors each. "The total number of homes that will be on offer from this redevelopment project will be around 700, which will be used for rehabilitation purposes. There are flats that will be used for transit accommodation. Then, over 250 homes which will be around 300 sqft each will be put in the lottery," said a MHADA official.

Repeated attempts to contact Subhash Lakhe, chief officer, MHADA's Mumbai board, failed.