January 7, 2026: The Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) is ramping up efforts to tackle the state’s chronic housing deficit, with plans for nearly 20,000 homes in FY26 and a long-term pipeline of seven lakh units across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR). The authority is emphasising scale, transparency, and citizen-centric governance to ensure housing availability, safety, and urban renewal.
At the centre of MHADA’s FY26 roadmap is the construction of approximately 19,500 homes across Maharashtra, including over 5,000 units in Mumbai and allocations for regional boards in Konkan, Pune, Nashik, Nagpur, Amravati, and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. “MHADA’s mission is to ensure that housing becomes not just attainable, but sustainable for Maharashtra’s citizens. Our multi-year targets underscore the government’s determination to make quality homes available across income groups, particularly for working families, women and senior citizens,” said Housing Minister Eknath Shinde.
MHADA is also prioritising the safety and redevelopment of ageing cessed buildings in Mumbai. Structural audits of all 13,091 cessed buildings are planned ahead of the 2026 monsoon, feeding into accelerated repair, evacuation, or redevelopment decisions. “Ensuring the structural integrity of MHADA buildings is paramount. By expediting audits and follow-up interventions — whether redevelopment or repairs — we aim to safeguard residents while injecting fresh momentum into Mumbai’s urban renewal process,” noted CEO Sanjeev Jaiswal.
Affordable housing lotteries remain a key initiative, with around 16,000 homes across Konkan, Mumbai, and Pune to be offered in the coming months. Priority will be given to economically weaker sections (EWS) and low-income groups (LIG). Jaiswal said, “Our lottery programmes are central to MHADA’s mandate of democratising access to housing…striving to convert the aspiration of home ownership into a lived reality for thousands of families.”
On the redevelopment front, the Motilal Nagar project in Goregaon will rehouse nearly 3,700 residents in modern apartments, serving as a template for future large-scale projects. Other urban renewal initiatives include Kamathipura, Abhyudaya Nagar, and SVP Nagar, complemented by amnesty schemes to ease legacy bottlenecks.
MHADA has also strengthened its Lokshahi Din grievance-redressal mechanism, enabling citizens to raise housing issues directly with senior officials. As MHADA moves into 2026, the focus on timely delivery, affordability, and transparency aims to shape not only housing stock but also urban resilience and economic opportunity for millions across Maharashtra.
