Tamil Nadu Housing Board

Tamil Nadu Housing Board

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Type	Government of Tamil Nadu
Industry	Housing, Building, Real Estate
Founded	1961
Headquarters	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Area served	Tamil Nadu, India
Website	[1]

Tamil Nadu Housing Board (Tamil: தமிழ்நாடு வீட்டு வசதி வாரியம்) is an organization in Tamil Nadu, India.

History

Formed in 1947 as a small organisation in the name of “CITY IMPROVEMENT TRUST” in order to cater to the Housing needs of Madras City, has developed into a full fledged organisation as "TAMIL NADU HOUSING BOARD" in the year 1961 to cope up with the increasing demand in housing sector all over the state due to urban growth leading to migration to urban areas in search of employment opportunities. It is under the Department of Housing and Urban Development (Tamil Nadu)

Activities

Housing is one among the three basic needs of humanity. In fulfilling the housing needs, the Tamil Nadu Housing Board plays an important rolewith the ideal objective of providing house for every one. TNHB as a matter of policy ensures quality materials in construction, using the latest modern techniques in the construction and provides shelter to the people under Economically Weaker Section (EWS), Lower Income Group (LIG), Middle Income Group (MIG) and Higher Income Group (HIG), at costs affordable by people of these Groups.

TNHB has the unique capacity of developing very large neighbourhood schemes, each one of them, remains a self contained neighbourhood by itself. As a pioneer institution in developing very large neighbourhood schemes, Tamil Nadu Housing Board is one of the biggest institutions in India catering to the shelter needs of various income groups of the society.

Keeping in line with the Hon'ble Chief Minister's direction of good governance and effective delivery system, the TNHB decided to put in place the concept of Service Counters.

TNHB has created self-sustaining townships in the late 1970s and early 1980s like Anna Nagar, Besant Nagar, KK Nagar, Ashok Nagar, Korattur and Shastri Nagar. Owing to the elevation in economic activity to the south of Chennai, it has created self-sustaining township in Sholinganallur with wide roads, residential plots, apartments, school and park zones. It has also completed midsize neighborhood developments in Velachery, Mogappair and Chitlapakkam. Other promotions are also seen as small and midsized neighbourhoods in tier-II cities like Coimbatore and Madurai.

All residential township developments of TNHB have been a success due to their compliance to the development rules and their not-for-profit motive. As the land required for TNHB layouts are either owned or acquired by the government, they do not cut corners in layout developments which results in suburbs with wide roads and all amenities such as schools, parks, play ground and bus terminuses. The organization caters to all sectors of the society through their HIG, MIG and LIG offerings.

External links

• Official Website

• http://www.tn.gov.in/documents/dept/15