Housing schemes for slum dwellers fail to draw occupants in Faridabad

Live Mint
It also exposes the lack of planning and poor management of welfare projects that aim to improve the living conditions of the 75.2 million urban poor in India.

Huda’s Ashiana housing scheme, in which Mandal was allotted a unit, is a case in point. More than 19 months after the project was completed, the 3,080 units have failed to attract even a single occupant.

Experts suggest that the government will be better served if it develops the slums, instead of pursuing expensive housing projects that make little economic sense for the urban poor, who earn less than Rs. 200 a day and have to support large families.