AFFORDABLE HOUSING

RAKSHA P J 1BQ18AT067
ROHAN BHOSLE 1BQ18AT071
SAMEEKSHA S 1BQ18AT073
MONISH S V 1BQ18AT074
SANJANA M 1BQ18AT080
URBANIZATION AND HOUSING SHORTAGE

● As per 2011 census, the country had a population of 1,210.98

million, out of which, 377.10 million (31.16%) lived in urban areas.
● During 2001-2011, the urban population of India grew at a CAGR
of 2.8%, resulting in the increase in level of urbanisation from
27.81% to 31.16%.
● This growing concentration of people in urban areas has led to
problems of land shortage, housing shortfall and congested transit
and has also severely stressed the existing basic amenities such
as water, power and open spaces of the towns and cities.
● Urbanisation has resulted in people increasingly living in slums
and squatter settlements and has deteriorated the housing
conditions of the economically weaker sections of the society.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Affordable housing is housing which is deemed affordable to those with a household income at or below the
median as rated by the national government or a local government by a recognized housing affordability index.

● According to the RICS Report on Making Urban Housing Work

in India, affordability,in the context of urban housing means
provision of ‘adequate shelter’ on a sustained basis, ensuring
security of tenure within the means of the common urban
household.
● According to the Task Force on Affordable Housing set up by
the MHUPA in 2008, affordable housing for various segments is
defined by size of the dwelling and housing affordability derived
by the household income of the population.
CRITICAL ISSUES IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING

● Excessive Control on Development of Land Creates Artificial Shortage.

● Lack of Marketable Land Parcels.
● Titling Issues and Lack of Information.
● Rising Threshold Costs of Construction.
● Lack of Access to Home Finance for Low-Income Groups.
● Lengthy Approval and Land Use Conversion Process
 Aranya Low-cost Housing by B.V Doshi
Doshi’s integrated approach for mixed-income groups was with an idea to get them
together. The response came purely from the understanding of the fundamental
needs of people and the fact that space and design eventually revolve around the
user. The housing township spans across six sectors and accommodates over 6500
residences. Doshi decided to provide the families with a framework of things, where
the plot consisted of provision for services, a toilet block, and a brick plinth to build
over.

Hierarchy and Connectivity

The street network has clear vehicular and pedestrian traffic segregation, drawing the
vehicular road towards the peripheral main road and pedestrians or informal
pathways. This affects the nature of pathways and streets that the houses share,
making the heavy traffic inactive and instigating informal public activities and
interactions. The entrances, buffer spaces between public and private, streets, space
between two houses, the scale of these pathways concerning the built spaces allow
ease to spaces and functionality
Planning, Masses and Form

Every 10 clusters of houses shared a courtyard. The six sectors had their
own green spaces and one larger public space for the whole township.
The user was given the freedom to choose how much to build, the
combinations to build. As every entrance, staircase, verandahs, buffer had
variations, it gave a unique character to every house.

Doshi had a kit of elements that included a staircase, Openings, railings,

overhangs, verandahs that allowed families to adapt it according to their
needs. He planned and constructed 80 sample homes for the families with
variations in terms of size, spatial planning, mass, and movement. Houses
ranging from one bedroom to bigger were available for people to choose
from depending on the income group. The proximity of two houses helps
shade the common courtyard shared in between.