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Self-Redevelopment Gets Institutional Muscle: Inside the Darekar Authority
What this means for you: Societies over 30 years old can access single-window approvals through the Authority.
BJP MLC Pravin Darekar, who chairs Maharashtra's Self-Redevelopment Authority, said on 12 August 2026 that discussions on self-redevelopment of housing societies are gaining momentum across municipal corporations statewide, with the issue now reaching Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation's floor after corporators there urged the civic body to promote the model. The Authority operates under the state's Majhe Ghar, Majha Adhikar housing policy, which allocated a ₹2,000 crore corpus specifically for self-redevelopment financing, alongside a commitment to single-window clearance. Darekar has previously stated that nearly 1,600 housing societies have already submitted self-redevelopment proposals, and that access to finance — historically the biggest hurdle — has eased with government-backed funding routed through the Mumbai District Central Cooperative Bank. Darekar has publicly urged societies to choose the government-backed self-redevelopment route over conventional builder-led projects, arguing it delivers greater transparency, better construction quality, and materially higher benefits to middle-class members. He has separately flagged inconsistencies between the state housing policy and the Development Control and Promotion Regulations (DCPR/UDCPR) that the Authority is working to resolve.
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