Post by adams51 on Nov 21, 2011 10:57:55 GMT
The socio-economic reclassification of the backlog of housing needs, as on 1st March 1981, has been estimated as follows:
a) Houseless 0.2 million
b) Economically Weaker Sections 3.1 million
c) Low-income Group Households 1.4 million
d) Middle-income Group Households 1.0 million
Total 5.9 million
The households without a roof under their head and households living in thatched houses can be taken as belonging to the economically weaker sections of society and households not having separate rooms may be taken as Low-income Group Households. The bulk of the households living in houses that need to be rebuilt on account of obsolescence can be assumed to belong to the middle-income group. High-income group households requiring major repairs and replacements to their dwellings were estimated to be ranging between 18 to 20 percent.
The present developments in Real Estate in Kerala are not at all favoring the people living in small households with small and medium incomes. The economically weaker sections of the society are finding it difficult to live in the urban areas of the state owing to the spiraling cost of daily essential items and food materials. The cost of a meal has more than doubled in some parts of the state. The developments in real estate are even more drastic.
Recently the government has started promoting the concept of low cost high quality houses for the weaker sections of the society. It is a novel attempt to help people with any budget to own a roof under their head when the cost of the building materials is spiraling out of control.
a) Houseless 0.2 million
b) Economically Weaker Sections 3.1 million
c) Low-income Group Households 1.4 million
d) Middle-income Group Households 1.0 million
Total 5.9 million
The households without a roof under their head and households living in thatched houses can be taken as belonging to the economically weaker sections of society and households not having separate rooms may be taken as Low-income Group Households. The bulk of the households living in houses that need to be rebuilt on account of obsolescence can be assumed to belong to the middle-income group. High-income group households requiring major repairs and replacements to their dwellings were estimated to be ranging between 18 to 20 percent.
The present developments in Real Estate in Kerala are not at all favoring the people living in small households with small and medium incomes. The economically weaker sections of the society are finding it difficult to live in the urban areas of the state owing to the spiraling cost of daily essential items and food materials. The cost of a meal has more than doubled in some parts of the state. The developments in real estate are even more drastic.
Recently the government has started promoting the concept of low cost high quality houses for the weaker sections of the society. It is a novel attempt to help people with any budget to own a roof under their head when the cost of the building materials is spiraling out of control.