Mumbai: Mhada lottery to be out after Lok Sabha results

Mumbai: The Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (Mhada) has officially postponed the lottery announcement date for affordable houses for all four boards, including Mumbai. The Mhada will declare the lottery results after the Lok Sabha election results. The Mumbai lottery will be announced on June 2.

The lottery for 238 homes with 108 commercial blocks in Mumbai will be announced on June 2. Almost after a month from its previous date, the Mhada will announce the lottery result. The previous date for announcement of results was April 21. The Mhada had officially declared the date on its website.

Because of the model code of conduct, the Mhada changed the date of the lottery result. Similarly, the Mhada has extended the dates for registration and payments. Now people can apply and make payment till May 24. The final list of applicants will be displayed on the Mhada website on May 30.

According to Mhada sources, earlier the Mhada had asked special permission from the Election Commission (EC) to announce the lottery. This time, even though the EC would have granted permission, it would have been difficult for the Mhada to announce the lottery as 70 per cent of its staff is on election duty.

The Mumbai lottery for 218 homes includes middle income and lower income groups. There are 47 homes for MIG and the remaining 171 homes for LIG. These homes are from the Powai and Chembur areas.

The Pune lottery is for 4,664 homes. The Nashik lottery is for 1,183 homes while the Aurangabad lottery is for 917 houses. The lottery for all four boards was declared on March 3. After the code of conduct is over, the lottery for 9,000.