Affordable Rental Housing (ARH) vertical promotes creation of adequate rental housing for EWS/LIG
beneficiaries including urban migrants/homeless/destitute/industrial workers/working
women/construction workers, urban poor (street vendors, rickshaw pullers, other service providers
etc.), migrants working with market/trade associations, educational/health institutions, hospitality
sector, contractual employees, amongst others.
This vertical ensures affordable and hygienic living spaces for urban dwellers who do not want to
own a house but require housing for short term basis or those who do not have the financial
capability to construct or buy a house. The State/UT Governments shall ensure that necessary
civic/social infrastructure gaps like water, sewer/septage, sanitation, internal road, community
centre, health centre, creche etc., along with desired neighbourhood commercial facilities within the
campus, as per the requirement to make these houses liveable.
ARH will be implemented through following two models:
- Model 1: Converting existing Government funded vacant houses into ARH through Public Private
Partnership (PPP) mode or by Public Agencies.
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Model 2: Construct, Operate and Maintain rental housing by Private/Public Entities for urban
poor, working women, employees of industries, industrial estates, institutions and other eligible
EWS/LIG families.
Rental housing stock constructed under ARH vertical shall be used for rental purposes only and
managed by ULBs or public/private entities. States/UTs/ULB/Concessionaire/Entities may tie up with
Aggregator(s) to rent out houses. Rent may be remitted by such agencies deducting directly from the
salary/fee/any kind of remuneration etc., of tenants.
The details of available ARH stock including project details, rent details, project wise occupancy
status will be displayed and updated on daily basis by ULB/Concessionaire/Entity on Unified Web
portal as well as on the website of concerned ULB.