Labor migration from rural to urban areas is a persistent feature of developing countries like India. Mumbai, like many big and thriving cities, has been attracting a large number of migrants from all over the country. A substantial chunk of the migrants, belonging to poor working classes, are unable to rent or own a home in the city. They are forced to live either in public spaces such as pavements by the roadside, at workplaces, or in slums or shelters of various kinds which do not qualify to be called homes. Declaring 1987 as the International Year of Shelter for the Homeless, the United Nations defined a homeless person as not only someone who lived on the street or in a shelter, but also someone whose shelter or housing failed to meet the basic criteria considered essential for health and social development. These criteria included security of tenure, protection against bad weather, and personal security as well as access to sanitary facilities and potable water, education, work, and health services (Speak and Tipple 2006).