The myths of ‘public trust’ and ‘affordable housing’ in speculative Mumbai
The development story of Mumbai rests on the routine breach of the ‘public trust doctrine’ which benefits the elite. The…
List - Horizontal Post - Page 79
Nivara Hakk then and now: The struggle for housing rights
As slums were demolished in massive operations and slum dwellers summarily evicted, often out of Bombay (as it was called…
“Mumbai’s housing laws maximise real estate potential, ignore people’s health”
The regulations are rooted in the building codes that were drawn up for the city after the plague of 1896…
(de)Coding Mumbai: A study of the city’s housing regulations
Architect Sameep Padora and his team “decoded” Mumbai by extensively studying houses and residents through Development Plans. The 18 case…
