Housing Finance: Who Benefits?

Who Benefits?
The National Housing and Habitat Policy (NHHP), 1998 effectively rooted the government out of direct construction activity and delineated a facilitation role for it in the housing segment. Citing the massive deficit in housing units in 1997, and the astronomical investment required to meet the shortfall, the policy called for private sector participation in fulfilling the social goal of providing housing. It was envisaged that the government would create an