Tuesday night, Chavan met a high-level delegation of the industry&#39;s umbrella body MCHI-CREDAI (Maharashtra Chambers of Housing Industry-Confederation of Real Estate Developers&#39; Associations of India) and assured &quot;top priority&quot; for affordable housing in the state. <img alt="Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan" src="/imagedata/2012/may/Prithviraj-Chavan-1.gif" style="width: 228px; height: 308px; " /> Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan/ File pic Chavan also acknowledged the role of the realty industry in the state&#39;s economic growth, which also contributes around seven percent to the national GDP, said MCHI-CREDAI president Paras Gundecha. &quot;Acknowledging the developer community&#39;s role in the economic growth of Mumbai Metropolitan Region in particular and the state in general, the chief minister emphasized that his government accords top priority to affordable housing,&quot; Gundecha told mediapersons here. The MCHI-CREDAI had claimed last week that an ambitious plan to construct 500,000 affordable homes in Mumbai, Thane and Raigad districts was gathering dust due to &#39;inaction, policy paralysis&#39; on the part of Maharashtra government. The plan, jointly mooted by MCHI-CREDAI, was submitted to the state government two years ago to bridge the gap between housing demand-supply and rein in realty prices, he said. &quot;Even as housing cost is skyrocketing in Mumbai, the plan to construct 500,000 affordable flats as part of the realty industry and state government&#39;s initiative, &#39;Homes For All&#39; gathered dust for two years,&quot; Gundecha lamented. Attempting to mollify the developers&#39; community, Chavan said he was aware of the issues confronted by them and assured he would examine each of them to accord priority and time-bound solutions. &quot;We hope that all burning issues related to the realty sector would be addressed in a phased and quick manner,&quot; Gundecha said. The MCHI-CREDAI secretary Boman Irani said that they also sought a &#39;single-window clearance&#39; to speed up the processes for constructing homes, especially since delays add to the rising cost of properties. &quot;We also expressed our intention to play a meaningful role in creating mass housing to enhance supply which can have a positive impact on prices for the common man,&quot; Irani pointed out. u00a0

A week after the powerful realty industry's sharp criticism of the Maharashtra government for "inaction and policy paralysis", Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan attempted to soothe their ruffled feathers, a top industry official said here Wednesday.  

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