Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) officials see this as a sign of changing times. In a first for the organisation, 86 persons from the transgender community have applied for the imminent lucky draw of flats, as evident with the aforementioned number of hopefuls having selected the ‘other’ gender in the application form.

The 86 transgender aspirants have applied for MHADA flats under the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) category. File pic