Ramesh Shinde, 38, won a Mhada (Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority) house at Mankhurd in 2010. Since then he has been waiting to take possession of the 1BHK flat. “I am staying in a rented house even though I own a house. It is Mhada’s fault for which we are suffering. They should pay [...]

For lakhs of people, whose only hope of owning a house in Mumbai rested on the few thousand affordable flats released by the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA), this may come as a bit of a dampener. The board’s annual lottery this year will not only be delayed but the number of houses [...]