KENYA POLICY STUDIO
India
Similar to other countries with informal settlements, slum upgrading in India has historically ranged from slum clearance with no rehousing and evictions with rehousing to in situ resettlements and upgrades. Contemporary slum upgrading policy in India is enacted at the state level, implemented at the municipal level and guided by the judiciary at the national level.
Focusing on Mumbai, this case demonstrates an alternative to traditional upgrading schemes. Instead of leading the effort, the state retreats from upgrading to allow for the market to step in through the 1995 Slum Rehabilitation Scheme. Under this scheme that is managed by the Slum Rehabilitation Authority that operates under the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Agency, communities have legal claim to land titles if they have occupied the land prior to 1995. The result is a market-based upgrading process whereby private developers agree to rehouse the slum dwellers on half of the land in order to receive the remaining 50% of the land to resell as high-priced real-estate. To avoid exploitation of the informal settlement residents, non-governmental organizations such as the Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centres (SPARC) and the National Slum Dweller Federation (NSDF) have been facilitating the formation of community housing cooperatives and stepping in to act as the development entity to encourage more community involvement.
Slum Rehabilitation Authority: http://www.sra.gov.in/
The Times of India Topic: Slum Rehabilitation Scheme: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Slum-Rehabilitation-Scheme
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Focusing on Mumbai, this case demonstrates an alternative to traditional upgrading schemes. Instead of leading the effort, the state retreats from upgrading to allow for the market to step in through the 1995 Slum Rehabilitation Scheme. Under this scheme that is managed by the Slum Rehabilitation Authority that operates under the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Agency, communities have legal claim to land titles if they have occupied the land prior to 1995. The result is a market-based upgrading process whereby private developers agree to rehouse the slum dwellers on half of the land in order to receive the remaining 50% of the land to resell as high-priced real-estate. To avoid exploitation of the informal settlement residents, non-governmental organizations such as the Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centres (SPARC) and the National Slum Dweller Federation (NSDF) have been facilitating the formation of community housing cooperatives and stepping in to act as the development entity to encourage more community involvement.
Slum Rehabilitation Authority: http://www.sra.gov.in/
The Times of India Topic: Slum Rehabilitation Scheme: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Slum-Rehabilitation-Scheme
Interested in learning more about this case? Download the below report.
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