Owners of smaller flats or plots in Delhi will now be eligible to apply for Delhi Development Authority (DDA) housing schemes. According to the new rules, for the first time, any person having a flat or plot of land in Delhi, measuring less than 67 square metres is eligible to apply for the allotment of newly constructed flats offered by the DDA.
Prior to this modification, DDA regulations did not allow any individual to apply for allotment of DDA flats, if he/ she or family members had any flat or plot irrespective of its area, the DDA said in an official statement.
As per the official statement, the DDA said that the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has approved ‘modifications/ relaxations’ proposed by the DDA in the Housing Regulations, 1968, issued under Section 57 of the DDA act, 1957. The objective of modifications/ relaxations was to enable general public to purchase DDA flats without much restrictions/ hassles, the statement said.
As per the official statement, the new rules to apply for a DDA flat in Delhi are:
- The waitlisted applicants will be allotted the surrendered or cancelled flats through a mini draw.
- If more than 25 per cent flats remain unsold in an area or locality where they were offered for the first time, such a locality shall be deemed to be a ‘developing area’.
- No restriction in terms of having flats or plots of land in Delhi shall be applied to the applicants as and when such unsold flats in a developing area are offered under the subsequent housing scheme.
- Apart from individuals, the Centre, the state government, local bodies and autonomous bodies of the Centre or the state government will be eligible for allotment of flats.
- Apart from the disposal of flats through the launch of the regular housing scheme, the unsold flats in the developing areas may be offered online on a ‘first-come-first-serve’ basis under the relaxed norms.
- The above modifications/ relaxations on the one hand will enable those individuals to purchase DDA flats who were not eligible due to having flat or land in Delhi, either in his/ her name or in the name of his/her family members. On the other hand, it will adequately generate demand for DDA flats.
See also: DDA Housing Scheme 2022: Flats in Delhi, location, price list, and draw result details