HOUSING

National urban housing and habitat

policy-2007
Submitted to- Submitted by-
Ar. Meenu Choudhary Kritika (15120093)
Harleen Kaur (15120095)
 National urban housing and habitat policy 2007

• Several housing policies were formulated in India over the

years .the first national housing policy in India formulated in
1998.
• A new national housing policy was announced in august in
July 1994 but all these policies were generic and applicable to
both rural and urban areas.
• Taking into account emerging challenges of required shelter
and growth of slums, the first ever urban area specific
national urban housing and habitat policy 2007 was
announced in December 2007.
 HIGHLIGHTS OF NHHP
• Mission to achieve affordable housing for all with the emphasis on the
urban poor.
• Strategy framework is multiple partnership of states with various
stakeholders ,co-operatives ,employee welfare housing organisations,
private sectors .
• Special emphasis has been laid on SC/ST/BC/minorities ,empowerment of
women within the ambit of the urban poor with with emphasis on security
of tenure.
• Surplus housing stock to be created.
• Promote private and co-operative sectors for housing construction.
• Planned growth for sustainable use and consumption of natural resources
• Simplified procedures for sanctioning building plans.
• The main aim of NHHP is to provide housing for all especially benefiting the
deprived and the poor.
• Program of this magnitude entails investment of about Rs 80 billion in
housing construction activity.
• This policy intended to promote sustainable development of
habitat in the country with a view of ensuring equitable
supply of land, shelter and services at affordable prices at all
sections of society.
• In this manner, the policy will seek to promote various types
of public-private partnerships for realising the goal of ‘’
affordable housing for all’’ .
Role of stakeholders
• The NHHP has divided the
role of all housing sector’s
stakeholders according to their
area of working housing being
more of a state subject ,the
state govt ‘s have very
important role to play in
bringing about its growth. The
true objectives of the policy
would be carried out through
time bound initiatives taken
by the govt. , both centre and
states.
Role of central government
• Bringing in legal reforms,
formulation of effective force
closure laws.
• Promote parameters for optimal
use of available resources to
promote development along
with its growth.
• Provide fiscal concessions for
housing, infrastructure ,energy
saving construction materials
and methods.
• Set up regulatory mechanism to
ensure that the concessions are
correctly targeted.
Role of state govt. and
other local authorities
• To promote private sector and cooperatives in undertaking housing
construction for all segments in urban areas.
• Identify specific housing shortages .also to prepare district housing action
plans for rural areas.

• The role of housing and provision of basic services to the

urban poor has been integrated into the objectives of the
Jawaharlal Nehru urban renewal mission. (JNNURM)

JNNURM was launched in Dec 2005 with aim to cover construction of 1.5 million
houses for urban poor .
It has two sub-missions :
Basic services for the urban poor (BSUP) ,Seeks to provide some entitlements like -
security of tenure, affordable housing , social security in low income segments etc.
The integrated housing and slum development program ( IHDSP) seeks to provide
the above mentioned entitlements ,services in towns/ cities ,
• Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) supports 63 cities (7 mega
cities, 28 metro cities and 28 capital cities and towns of historical/religious importance)
across the country in terms of perspective plans called City Development Plans (CDPs)
for specifying infrastructure gaps relating to water, sanitation, sewerage, drainage and
roads on the one hand and deficiencies in housing and basic services on the other hand.
• On the basis of City Development Plans, the JNNURM seeks to fill up the gaps in
infrastructure and deficiencies in housing and basic services through appropriate
investments
• In addition to these 63 cities, urban infrastructure and slums are also being addressed in
the remaining Non-Mission cities through the Urban Infrastructure Development
Scheme for Small and Medium Towns (UIDSSMT) and Integrated Housing and Slum
Development Programme (IHSDP).
• The Basic Services for the Urban Poor (BSUP) seeks to provide a garland of 7
entitlements/services – security of tenure, affordable housing, water, sanitation, health,
education and social security – in low income settlements in the 63 Mission Cities.