In Chandigarh, 200 flats constructed under PMAY-U lying unallotted since 2015: MoHUA

In Chandigarh, 200 flats constructed under PMAY-U lying unallotted since 2015: MoHUA

Bahadurjeet Singh/Chandigarh,March 16,2025

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has stated that around 200 apartments in Maloya have remained unallotted since 2015.

These apartments were constructed under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban (PMAY-U).

The issue was raised during the ongoing Lok Sabha session when Chandigarh Member of Parliament (MP) & Former Union Minister Manish Tewari questioned whether it was true that the houses built under PMAY-U in Maloya, Chandigarh, remained unallotted and had deteriorated.

In response, Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs, Tokhan Sahu, stated that 2,195 houses constructed under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) in Maloya, Chandigarh, were later converted into Affordable Rental Housing Complexes (ARHCs). Of these, 1,997 houses have been allotted to beneficiaries on a rental basis and are currently in use. These houses were converted into ARHCs after the closure of JNNURM on March 31, 2014.

Tewari said that actually the number of un allotted houses in Malloya that had become decrepit may even be substantially more than what has been disclosed in the answer.

Additionally, 1,255 families in Chandigarh have benefited from the interest subsidy under the Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS) component of PMAY-U.

In Chandigarh, 200 flats constructed under PMAY-U lying unallotted since 2015: MoHUA. However, the Union Territory (UT) administration has not submitted any proposals to the ministry for sanction under any other component of PMAY-U so far.

The minister further stated that, based on nine years of experience in implementing PMAY-U, MoHUA has revamped the scheme and launched PMAY-U 2.0 – ‘Housing for All’ Mission, effective September 1, 2024. This initiative aims to provide affordable housing to 10 million additional eligible beneficiaries in urban areas through four components- Beneficiary-Led Construction (BLC), Affordable Housing in Partnership (AHP),  Affordable Rental Housing (ARH) and Interest Subsidy Scheme (ISS).