MHADA lottery 2014: This year, you may not get the home you won

Updated On: 01 March, 2014 08:56 AM IST | | Varun Singh

State housing body's ads contain clauses that allow it to make changes in the cost, area and number of houses up for lottery, after an applicant has already won a flat

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MHADA lottery 2014: This year, you may not get the home you won

One look at the ads for MHADA’s nearly 2,700 homes up for grabs in this year’s lottery and it is apparent that the state housing body is fast catching up with the archetype of the canny Mumbai builder.

As a case in point, consider clause #2 in the ads, which states that there are chances that the area and price of a flat won in the housing lottery may change. Moreover, the number of flats itself is liable to change. So, say you win a house in lottery. MHADA can then charge you extra money or give you smaller house than promised, the way a city builder demands.