Housing: DDA may extend last day

With just three days left for the last day of applying for the Delhi Development Authority’s (DDA) 2017 housing scheme and very few applications received so far, the urban body is mulling over extending the last date of applications.

The last date for applying for the scheme is 11 August. The DDA has received only 5700 applications, of which most are for MIG houses. However, of the five lakh forms printed by the urban body, only 66000 have been sold so far.

The urban body offering over 12,000 houses across all income categories, around 11,000 are LIG (low-income group) and Janta flats.

“So far only a few applications have come for LIG flats. Since most of the flats on offer comprise of LIG flats, we are mulling over extending the last date from August 11 to 25,” said a senior officer.

Earlier this month, the DDA had claimed that it may relax the penalty clauses in order to urge more buyers to apply in its 2017 Housing Scheme.

The urban body had conducted a review meeting headed by the vice-chairman on Friday in this regard. The forfeiture clause is one of the major reasons applicants are not being able to get registration amount financed.

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