The Ministry of Housing is a ministry in the Government of Maharashtra. Ministry is responsible for implementation of laws and acts related to housing in Maharashtra.
The Ministry is headed by a cabinet level minister. Eknath Shinde is current Deputy Chief Minister and Minister of Housing.
Head office
Cabinet Ministers No.PortraitMinisterTerm of officePolitical party MinistryChief Minister From ToPeriod Minister of Housing01Sultan. G. Kazi 19601962Indian National Congress Yashwantrao I Yashwantrao Chavan02Homi J. H. Taleyarkhan 19621962Indian National Congress Yashwantrao II03Homi J. H. Taleyarkhan 19621963Indian National Congress Kannamwar lMarotrao Kannamwar04P. K. Sawant (Interim Chief Minister)19621963Indian National Congress Sawant IP. K. Sawant05 Homi J. H. Taleyarkhan 19631967Indian National Congress Vasantrao IVasantrao Naik06D. S. Palaspagar 19671969Indian National Congress Vasantrao II07Gopalrao Bajirao Khedkar 19691972Indian National Congress08Yashwantrao Mohite 19721973Indian National Congress Vasantrao III09Vasantrao Naik (Chief Minister)19731974Indian National Congress10Anant Namjoshi 19741975Indian National Congress11Abdul Rahman Antulay 19751976Indian National Congress Shankarrao I Shankarrao Chavan12Pratibha Patil 19761977Indian National Congress13Vasant Hoshing 19771978Indian National CongressVasantdada IVasantdada Patil14Sudhakarrao Naik 19781978Indian National Congress (U)Vasantdada II15Jagannathrao Jadhav 19781980Janata Party Pawar ISharad Pawar16Pramilaben Yagnik 19801982Indian National Congress Antulay Abdul Rahman Antulay17S. M. I. Aseer 19821982Indian National Congress Bhosale Babasaheb Bhosale18Pratibha Patil 19821983Indian National Congress19 Narendra Marutrao Kamble 19831985Indian National Congress Vasantdada IIIVasantdada Patil20V. Subramanian 19851985Indian National Congress Vasantdada IV21V. Subramanian 19851986Indian National Congress NilangekarShivajirao Patil Nilangekar22V. Subramanian 19861988Indian National Congress Shankarrao II Shankarrao Chavan23W. R. Sherekar 19881990Indian National Congress Pawar II Sharad Pawar24Javed Iqbal Khan 19901991Indian National Congress Pawar III25Javed Iqbal Khan 19911993Indian National Congress Sudhakarrao Sudhakarrao Naik26Chhagan Bhujbal 19931995Indian National Congress Pawar IV Sharad Pawar27Chandrakant Khaire 19951997Shiv Sena Joshi Manohar Joshi28Manohar Joshi (Chief Minister)19971999Shiv Sena29Anna Dange 19991999Bharatiya Janata Party Rane Narayan Rane30Sabir Shaikh 19991999Shiv Sena31 Rohidas Patil 19992003Indian National Congress Deshmukh I Vilasrao Deshmukh32 Satish Chaturvedi 20032004Indian National Congress Sushilkumar Sushilkumar Shinde31 Vilasrao Deshmukh (Chief Minister)20042007Indian National Congress Deshmukh II Vilasrao Deshmukh32 Ashok Chavan (Chief Minister)20082009Indian National Congress Ashok IAshok Chavan33 Ashok Chavan (Chief Minister)2009201pIndian National Congress Ashok II34 Prithviraj Chavan (Chief Minister)20102014Indian National Congress Prithviraj Prithviraj Chavan35 Prakash Mehta 20142019Bharatiya Janata Party Fadnavis I Devendra Fadnavis36 Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil 2019201937 Devendra Fadnavis (Chief Minister) (In Charge)20192019Bharatiya Janata Party Fadnavis II38 Jayant Patil 20192019Nationalist Congress Party Thackeray Uddhav Thackeray39 Jitendra Awhad 20192022Nationalist Congress Party40 Eknath Shinde (Chief Minister) (In Charge)20222022Shiv Sena (2022–present) Eknath Eknath Shinde41 Devendra Fadnavis (Deputy Chief Minister)20222023Bharatiya Janata Party 42Atul Save 20232024Bharatiya Janata Party 43Devendra Fadnavis (Chief_Minister) In Charge20242024Bharatiya Janata Party Fadnavis III Devendra Fadnavis44 Eknath Shinde (Deputy Chief Minister)2024IncumbentShiv Sena (2022–present)
Ministers of State
No.PortraitDeputy MinisterTerm of officePolitical party MinistryMinisterChief Minister From ToPeriod Deputy Minister of Housing Vacant20192019NA Fadnavis IIDevendra Fadnavis Devendra Fadnavis01Satej Patil 20192022Indian National Congress Thackeray Jitendra Awhad Uddhav Thackeray Vacant 20222024NA EknathEknath Shinde(2022 - 2022) Devendra Fadnavis(2022 - 2023) Atul Save (2023 - 2024) Eknath Shinde02Pankaj Rajesh Bhoyar 2024incumbentBharatiya Janata Party Fadnavis IIIEknath Shinde Devendra Fadnavis
List of principal secretary Valsa Nair Singh (IAS 1991), previously Principal Secretary Tourism, Civil Aviation and State Excise, was appointed Additional Chief Secretary of the Housing Department on 30 September 2022.
Maharashtra Housing & Area Development Authority (MHADA)
MHADA is a statutory housing authority and a nodal agency under Ministry of Housing, Government of Maharashtra.
The Maharashtra Housing & Area Development Authority (MHADA) was established by the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Act, 1976. It came into existence on 5 December 1977. The erstwhile Mumbai Housing and Area Development Board was restructured by a Government Resolution dated 5.11.1992 and split into three separate Boards viz. Mumbai Housing and Area Development Board, Mumbai Building Repairs and Reconstruction Board and Mumbai Slum Improvement Board Under the Government Resolution No. 2679/B, dated 22.7.1992. At present MHADA is coordinating and controlling the activities of seven regional housing boards, setup for each revenue division in the state viz. Mumbai, Konkan, Pune, Nashik, Nagpur, Amravati, Aurangabad and two special purpose boards viz. Mumbai Building Repairs and Reconstruction Board and Mumbai Slum Improvement Board. In Mumbai, it has constructed about 3 lakh housing units.
Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) was established by the Maharashtra Government in 1995. SRA acts under Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance and Redevelopment) Act, 1971. Authority mainly looks after rehabilitation of slum dwellers in the Mumbai region.
Maharashtra Housing Development Corporation(MHDC/MahaHousing) Maharashtra Housing Development Corporation (MahaHousing) was registered in 2019 under Indian Companies Act 2013. Maharashtra Government runs affordable housing schemes under MahaHousing with the help of Government of India. It is part of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana under which government provides an interest subsidy.RBI Bulletin dated 10 Jan 2018 https://www.rbi.org.in/Scripts/BS_ViewBulletin.aspx?Id=17314, https://www.rbi.org.in/
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