The 12th Five year plan has estimated housing shortage (Period of 201217) of 18.78mn units in urban areas and 43.67mn units in rural areas. Further with the focus of new government in Housing for all by 2022 provides the thrust towards affordable housing. According to ICRA, the housing shortage is expected to increase from the current level of 19 million units to 25 million by 2021, based on a stable decadal growth rate. Based on an average ticket size of Rs 25 lakh per unit, ICRA estimates the...