COVID Booster to Homebuyers: India’s Biggest Online Housing Festival to Unlock 2.70 Lakh Houses for Homebuyers Soon 100% FDI in Affordable Rental Housing Soon: Mr Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister, Housing & Urban Affairs ~ ‘Minister’ launches NAREDCO HOUSING FOR ALL an E-commerce marketplace to sell houses online during COVID pandemic ~ ~ MoHUA launches Affordable Rental Housing Policy Knowledge Pack ~ India’s first housing e–commerce portal for home buying National platform with RERA registered properties developers from all over India Accurate data & Transparency about the developer, location, images, etc. Right pricing with right offers Safe and secure buying experience 1% Cashback offer to the homebuyers Mumbai, July 31, 2020: In a bid to resurrect from a continuous decline in the housing sales and revive the demand amid the worst hit Covid pandemic, the country’s real estate developers will soon offer over 2.70 lakh ‘ready – to – move – in’ houses for online sales to the homebuyers in a first and biggest ever housing festival, which will begin soon. Initiated by National Real Estate Development Council (NAREDCO), in this festival, the developers from all over India will list their housing properties for sale on an exclusively created E-commerce marketplace ‘NAREDCO Housing For All’ developed in guidance with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. This festival is expected to unlock the affordable housing properties worth over Rs 1.21 lakh crore and offer a great opportunity to the national and international homebuyers to buy RERA registered properties at the right prices anywhere in India. Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister, Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India announced the launch of the e-commerce portal and also unveiled the recently approved ‘Affordable Rental Housing Policy’ knowledge pack to support a huge influx of people in urban India find affordable rental housing. Shri Niranjan Hiranandani, National President, NAREDCO and President, ASSOCHAM, Shri Rajan Bandelkar, Convenor, NAREDCO Housing For All Portal and President – West, Shri Rajeev Talwar, Chairman, NAREDCO, Shri Praveen Jain, Vice Chairman, NAREDCO and other industry delegates were present at the Web-based event. Congratulating NAREDCO on launching an innovative e-commerce portal, Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister, Housing and Urban Affairs, said, “The visionary step of creating an e-marketplace for the homebuyers designed by NAREDCO and implementation of the affordable rental housing policy will change the dynamics of the sector, as many people will be able to find their dream houses under these programmes. The Affordable Rental Housing Policy is necessary for migrant workers who cannot afford buying houses and also for younger professionals in the cities. The Government has been speedily working towards meeting the Housing For All targets and the demand assessment shows that about 70% of projects have been grounded.” Responding to a demand raised by Mr Rajan Bandelkar, Convenor, NAREDCO Housing For All Portal and President – West about permitting a 100% FDI in affordable rental housing sector, Mr Hardeep Singh Puri announced that the Government will soon allow 100% FDI in affordable rental housing. He also maintained that on the lines the Civil Aviation Ministry, the real estate sector will too have a ‘Permanent Working Group’ to attend any issues or matters pertaining to the sector for faster decision making. Shri Durga Shanker Mishra, IAS, Secretary, Housing and Urban Affairs, appreciated the initiative and expected positive sentiments to return in the realty sector in the near future. The already beleaguered sector is pinning high hopes on this mega online sale for pushing the demand and much needed liquidity. Mr Niranjan Hiranandani, National President of NAREDCO and President ASSOCHAM, said, “The real estate sector needs an immediate demand shock and unlocking the potential of unsold housing inventory is the immediate remedy. This e-commerce platform is curated supporting the Government’s ‘Digital India’ initiative which will not only disrupt sales process; but also instil confidence among the respective stakeholders like consumers, developers, banks and financial institutions.” He also further added that, from an industry perspective ARHC scheme will help unlock the potential, as also utilise government lands to create rental housing stock, which will help those at the bottom of the pyramid, ensuring that “housing for all” becomes a reality for all segments of Indian society”. Mr Rajan Bandelkar, Convenor, NAREDCO Housing For All Portal and President – West, said, “This biggest online marketplace will offer the discerned buyers right home buying options at the best prices. This will act as a trusted, secured and seamless platform for home buyers in India and abroad. This will also bring down the inventory turnover time of developers drastically improving their cash flows.” Mr Bandelkar informed that more than 250 projects have already been live on the portal. He also appealed to the Ministry to resolve long – pending demands of 100% FDI in the affordable housing sector and one – time restructuring of lloa
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