Uday Samant, Industries Minister, informed the state legislative assembly about enacting new rules and legislation that will bring long-overdue relief to tenants stuck in redevelopment projects
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Tenants stuck in stalled redevelopment projects of Mumbai suburbs (eastern and western) can breathe a sigh of relief. By December 2025, the Maharashtra government is set to introduce new rules and legislation to curb growing problems where landlords or developers take possession of buildings but neither begin construction nor continue paying rent to displaced tenants.
Uday Samant, Industries Minister, informed the state legislative assembly about enacting new rules and legislation that will bring long-overdue relief to tenants stuck in redevelopment projects. “By next session (read as winter session held in December at Nagpur), the government will bring the law that will put an end to such practice," Samant announced in the state legislative assembly on Thursday.
Yogesh Sagar and Mihir Kotecha (both BJP members of the legislative assembly), through a calling attention motion, highlighted the issue of citizens who are not receiving rent or whose redevelopment work has stalled after their buildings were pulled down.
Sagar, during the discussion, cited that there is a rule where MHADA takes over the development of cess buildings in the Island City when landlords and developers do not proceed with redevelopment. “While MHADA takes over the project, the rights (share) of the landlord are taken care of by the authority while proceeding with the development. But for Mumbai suburbs, there are no such rules, leaving tenants with no option but to continue facing the problem—no rent and redevelopment work not moving ahead,” Sagar mentioned. The BJP MLA from Charkop assembly constituency further cited that since 2018, he has been raising this issue. “Now we are in 2025. It has been seven years and nothing has moved on the ground on this issue. It's high time, today the government should take a decision on this by announcing new rules aimed at providing relief to tenants,” Sagar added.
Replying to Sagar’s demand, Samant assured the House about bringing new rules and legislation to address the issue. Meanwhile, participating in the debate, another BJP MLA—Kotecha—urged that, on the lines of the SRA, tenants should also get a minimum 300 square feet flat in the redevelopment. Under the SRA, the slum dweller is entitled to a 300 square feet flat under the redevelopment process, even if his/her original tenement is of much lesser area.
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