ZEE Business | Big relief for redevelopment building tenants in Maharashtra, here is what Centre said

May 02,2018

Upon being asked about the complaints by tenants of redevelopment buildings, which go unheeded as MahaRERA considers them as co-promoters, Hardeep Singh Puri — Central Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs, said the Centre and the state government will conduct a discussion on the issue and action will be taken on the tenants complaints.

Senior MahaRERA officials said it is the sale agreement between a home-buyer and a tenant that is considered as valid and because tenants of redevelopment buildings sign a development agreement, they are considered as co-promoters. The officials, however, said the state government can change this situation.

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis too was affirmative when asked whether tenants of redeveloped buildings, who complain that their issues are not resolved, will be also included when home-buyers complaints are undertaken.

Meanwhile, the government also announced that rehabilitation component of Slum Redevelopment Project, MHADA cessed buildings will be registered with the authority within two months. Puri also spoke about pagdi homes and said that even this issue has to be looked into where there doesn’t exists a bilateral contract between tenant and the landlord.

On the completion of one year of implementation of RERA Act, the Mumbai Grahak Panchayat, asked the CM to ensure quality construction. To this, the CM said the representatives of builder forum, members of grahak panchayat and a functionary of MahaRERA should conduct a quality audit of the construction of the building. This means it will be on the lines of conciliation forum where home-buyers and developers meet for amicable settlement of the cases.

The CM also spoke extensively on the DP. “The new DP is not about constructing buildings but also about having more open spaces, employment opportunities and better and sustainable construction for the city of Mumbai.” He also said the DP was made keeping in mind of no individual benefits.