Housing
Department of Housing undertakes various activities mainly relating to the framing and implementation of various Social Housing schemes through the Directorate of Housing and Housing Board.
An Act to amend the West Bengal Apartment Ownership Act, 1972; An Act to provide for the ownership of an individual apartment and to make such apartment heritable and transferable property.
Sahapur Working Womens’ Hostel, Gariahat Working Girls’ Hostel, Swayambhara Ladies Hostel, Swyamsiddha Working Women’s Hostel, Durgapur Working Girls’ Hostel under Housing Department.
State Government is providing Rs. 70 thousand per house in plain area and Rs. 75 thousand per house at Hill area and also at Sundarban area under this project Gitanjali.
Online application for allotment of vacant flats for PREMIUM and STANDARD Category under AKANKSHA HOUSING SCHEME, New Town Project, will start from 27/07/2018 onwards and close on 27/08/2018.
The objectives of this Scheme, Snehalaya is to provide pucca dwelling housing unit to people not owning pucca house in his or her name or in the name of any family member in West Bengal.
The Scheme will be implemented in Rural areas on the land to be provided by the beneficiary of his/ her own land/ patta land and must be free from all encumbrances.
An Act to establish the Housing Industry Regulatory Authority for regulation and promotion of the housing sector and to ensure sale of plot, apartment or budding, as the case may be, or sale of real estate project, in an efficient and transparent manner and to protect the interest of consumers in the real estate sector and to establish a mechanism for speedy dispute redressal and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
An Act to provide for the constitution of a Housing Board for West Bengal and far matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
The Hostels are meant for the working women who have no residence in the city of Kolkata. No non working women will be eligible for admission. Any women employed either in Central Govt./ State Govt./ Public Sector Undertaking/ Private Ltd. Company & earning not less than Rs. 5000/- per month duly certified by her employer will be treated as a working woman.
Governor is pleased to notify the services along with stipulated time limit for rendering services, the Designated Officers responsible for providing the services, the Appellate Officers and Reviewing Officers in Housing Department.