Review FSI policy to increase affordable hsg in Mum: Centre
Mumbai: The city’s skyline may have more skyscrapers in future if the state authorities consider the central government’s recommendation to review the FSI policy for Mumbai to meet the affordable housing demand. The recommendation came on Monday.
Union housing minister Ajay Maken said megacities like Mumbai needed to review the FSI (floor space index) policy to encourage more affordable housing. He said affordable housing should now be accorded the status of basic infrastructure to facilitate more stock of affordable houses for the urban populace. He was addressing a meet on ‘Challenges in Megacity Governance’, organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in partnership with Centre for Policy Research (CPR), New Delhi. CII president Adi Godrej presided over the inaugural session.