Advisory Center for Affordable Settlements & Housing

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India – The Recession Proof Business Opportunity in Low Income Housing

The housing market in urban India has traditionally focused on the top end of the market with the lower income segments virtually unserved. In the wake of the economic downturn however, the demand for premium h...

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Government’s Initiative for a Slum Free India

A 38-slide presentation by India’s Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, on action taken by the government for slum free India, with reference to the projects of Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban R...

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India: JANNURM and Cities Development

The Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) was launched by the Central Government in 2005, as a much-needed response to the mounting problems of urban India. Though the subject of urban develo...

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India: Green Housing

The fact is that India is perched precariously on the knife-edge of energy availability. Solid waste disposal is a major environmental problem in all our cities; a problem that is compounded by the limited avai...

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Housing and Housing Finance – Country Highlights- India

A 14-slide presentation on country highlights of India, drivers of the mortgage market in India, the situation of rapid urbanization in India, low mortgage penetration implying room for growth, mortgage finance...

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Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited presentation

A 51-slide presentation of Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited (HDFC) covering the issues of HDFC snapshot, the mortgage market in India, operational and financial highlights: mortgages, valuations ...