These buildings were reconstructed to provide affordable housing to mill workers and members of variable low-income groups, who had come to the city to earn their livelihood
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has postponed the hike in rent of civic-owned properties till June 2023. There are nearly 3,500 BMC-owned properties in Mumbai, which house 45,000 tenants. Most of these buildings are in south Mumbai and many of them came under BMC’s ownership after the Bombay Improvement Trust was dissolved back in 1925.
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/bmc-postpones-hike-in-rent-of-civic-owned-properties-by-1-year-8243621/
Source: The Indian Express
