Housing Government Schemes
135 government schemes in the housing category, including 14 central schemes. Open any scheme for eligibility, benefits and how to apply.
Check which ones you are eligible for →“Home for the Aged" under Grant-in-Aid to Pondicherry Society for the Care of the Aged (PONCARE)
Through the scheme “Home for the Aged", the senior citizens are provided with stay at subsidiary rates, food (both vegetarian and non-vegetarian), routine health check up by doctors thrice in a week, providing news papers and television for entertainment.
100% Penalty Mafi Yojana
The scheme aims to provide financial relief to beneficiaries of the Gujarat Housing Board and Slum Clearance Cell who have pending installment dues by offering a complete waiver of penalty amounts. It benefits tenants and property allottees by waiving 100% penalties on arrears if paid by 31st March.
Aawasiy Suvidha 1 – Indralok Aawasiy Yojana (Group Housing)
The scheme aims to provide residential facilities to homeless families through a registration process and lottery-based allotment.
Abua Awas Yojana
The Abua Awas Yojana aims to provide pucca houses to 8,00,000 homeless families in three phases. Each house will feature three rooms and a kitchen, covering an area of 31 square meters.
Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Department-Hostels: Special Guides
The scheme provides hostel facilities to all boys and girls boarders studying up to XII Standard.
Advance for Purchase or Construction of House (GBOCWWB)
"Advance for Purchase or Construction of House" is a Welfare Scheme by the Goa Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board, Dept of Labour and Employment, Goa. The worker registered with the Board is sanctioned financial assistance of upto ₹50,000 for the purchase/construction of a house.
Affordable Housing Component in Partnership of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) under Uttarakhand Housing Policy Rules, 2024
The scheme aims to provide affordable pucca housing with basic amenities to lower-income groups individuals in Uttarakhand through a partnership model under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban).
Akanksha Housing Scheme
Akanksha Housing Scheme was launched by the Housing Department, Government of West Bengal on 28/02/2014 to provide housing to the serving State Government employees.
Antyodaya Gruha Yojana: Construction of New House
The scheme aims to provide financial assistance to eligible rural households for the construction of a new pucca house.
Antyodaya Gruha Yojana: Incentive to Beneficiaries
The scheme aims to provide time-bound completion incentives for rural housing construction. Through this scheme, incentives are provided to eligible beneficiaries who complete house construction within 4 and 6 months, respectively.
Ashram Schools (Scheduled Tribes)
The scheme "Ashram Schools" was launched on 1st January 1966 by the Tribal Welfare and Scheduled Caste (SC) Department of Madhya Pradesh. The scheme provides free accommodation, mess, and education facilities to Scheduled Tribe students.
Assistance for Completely Damaged/Destroyed Houses
The scheme aims to provide financial assistance to individuals whose residential houses have been completely or partially damaged due to natural disasters in Uttarakhand. Under this scheme, compensation is provided to disaster-affected families to support them in rebuilding or repairing their homes.
Assistance for Purchase of House (HBOCWWB)
Under this scheme, interest free loan is provided to registered construction workers, who have minimum five year’s regular membership, for purchase or construction of their houses. This facility is available once in lifetime.
Atal Asra Yojana
"Atal Asra Yojana" by the Department of Tribal Welfare, Government of Goa provides financial assistance of up to ₹ 3,00,000 to individuals from Scheduled Tribes communities for construction/ re-construction and repairs of the house.
Atal Awas Yojana - Uttarakhand
Under this scheme, financial assistance of ₹1,30,000/- is provided for constructing houses in hilly areas and ₹1,20,000/- for plain areas to homeless Scheduled Caste families who are below the poverty line (BPL) or fall within a defined income limit.
Atithi Uttarakhand Home-Stay Registration
The scheme aims to promote rural tourism and generate local employment by enabling residents to register their homes as certified home-stays that offer safe, affordable accommodation and meal facilities to tourists in Uttarakhand.
AVYAY - National Action Plan for Senior Citizens: Health and Shelter for Senior Citizens
The scheme aims to improve the quality of life of Senior Citizens, particularly those who are indigent, by providing basic amenities like shelter, food, medical care and entertainment opportunities. The scheme provides financial assistance for projects such as maintenance of Senior Citizen Homes.
Awas Sahayta Yojana for 100% Hearing and Visually Impaired Disabled Students in Special Trades of Industrial Training Institutes
The scheme aims to ensure qualitative admission and enable 100% hearing and visually impaired students to obtain high-quality technical education free from economic constraints. It provides housing assistance and expenses for food and accommodation, up to ₹4,000/- to PwD Students.
Bal Ashrams
The "Bal Ashrams" have been established by the Social Welfare Dept, Govt. of Jammu and Kashmir, to create a society free from child labor, where all children receive free, compulsory, quality, and meaningful education. Orphans and destitute children are provided free schooling, boarding and lodging.
Banglar Awaas Yojana (BAY)
"Banglar Awaas Yojana (BAY)" provides financial assistance to houseless households and those living in kutcha or dilapidated houses, helping them build pucca houses with essential amenities. The scheme offers financial assistance with additional support for toilets and unskilled workdays.
Birsa Awas Nirman Yojana
The "Birsa Awas Nirman Yojana" by the Welfare Department, Government of Jharkhand, provides financial assistance in three installments for housing construction to Scheduled Tribes, along with a ₹500 incentive for monitoring agencies for timely completion.
Boarding House Stipend Scheme (Tripura Govt.)
The scheme aims to provide accommodation support and reduce dropouts for ST students from remote areas, by offering a stipend per day (including LPG and upkeep) for those in hostels.
Central Assistance For One Time Settlement Of Displaced Families From PoK And Chhamb Under Prime Minister's Development Package
A relief and rehabilitation scheme by the Ministry of Home Affairs provides central assistance to the displaced families from PoK And Chhamb and settled in the state of Jammu & Kashmir. The amount of Central Assistance of Rs. 5,49,692/- per family will be distributed through Direct Benefit Transfer.
Chief Minister Housing Assistance Programme
The scheme "Chief Minister’s Housing Assistance Programme" by the Housing Department, Government of Meghalaya, aims to provide durable housing to EWS and LIG families. Through this scheme, roofing materials and dwelling houses are provided to eligible families in the State.
Chief Minister's Adarsh Gram Yoiana 2017
The Government of Arunachal Pradesh has decided to implement the Chief Minister's Adarsh Gram Yojana 2017 for creating model villages in the state.
Chief Minister's Building and Other Construction Workers Housing (Rural) Scheme
Launched in 2013, the "Chief Minister's Building and Other Construction Workers Housing (Rural) Scheme" provides permanent houses to registered construction workers in rural areas of Madhya Pradesh.
Chief Minister's Building and Other Construction Workers Urban Housing Scheme (MPBOCWWB)
The scheme was revised in 2018, the "Chief Minister's Building and Other Construction Workers Urban Housing Scheme," to provide an additional ₹1,00,000 assistance to eligible construction workers in urban areas, along with grants from the Central and State Governments.
Chief Ministers House Rent
The "Chief Minister's House Rent" scheme by the Department of De-notified, Nomadic, and Semi-Nomadic Welfare, Government of Madhya Pradesh, provides ₹1,000 to ₹2,000 per student per month in Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur, Gwalior, and Ujjain.
Compensation for Loss of Life and Property Caused by Wild Animals in and around Forest Areas: Assistance for Damage to Houses Due to Wild Elephant Attacks
The scheme aims to provide financial assistance to residents of Uttarakhand whose houses, boundary walls, huts, or kutcha structures are damaged by wild elephants.
Construction of Free Houses for Tribals
This scheme provides free houses to tribals who already possess free house site pattas. The construction of the houses is carried out by government authorities, ensuring shelter for tribal communities.
Construction of Hostels for OBC Boys and Girls
The Scheme aims at providing hostel facilities to students belonging to socially and educationally backward classes, especially from rural areas, to enable them to pursue secondary and higher education.
Construction Workers Night Shelter Scheme (MPBOCWWB)
The "Construction Workers Night Shelter Scheme" by the Labour Department, Government of Madhya Pradesh provides for the construction of night shelters in urban areas and large Gram Panchayats. These shelters are intended for construction workers and their dependent family members.
Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme for Middle Income Group
Under Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme, beneficiaries of Middle-Income Group (MIG) can seek housing loans from Banks, Housing Finance Companies and other such institutions for acquisition/ construction of house (including re-purchase).
Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM): Support for Urban Homeless – Uttarakhand
The scheme aims to provide safe and accessible night shelter facilities to homeless people living under the open sky in urban areas, ensuring they have protection and support at any time.
Deen Dayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme
The umbrella Central Sector Scheme of this Ministry called the "Scheme to Promote Voluntary Action for Persons with Disabilities" was revised w.e.f. 01.04.2003 and was renamed as the "Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme (DDRS)"
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grah Aawas (Home-Stay) Vikas Yojana
The scheme aims to promote rural and eco-tourism by encouraging local residents to develop homestay facilities, thereby generating employment and income opportunities within the state.
Distribution of Free House Sites to Scheduled Caste/Other Economically Backward Classes
Through this scheme, the homeless poor Scheduled Caste people, and other Economically backward class people, who meet the eligibility criteria, are provided housing sites to enable them to construct their own houses. Approximately 11,000 persons so far have benefitted from this scheme.
Dr. Ambedkar Awas Yojana
Under the scheme, financial assistance of ₹1,20,000/- is provided to Scheduled Caste individuals who do not own a residential home, have an old rough residential home, or own a plot for residence, and who belong to the Below Poverty Line (BPL) category for the construction of a house.
Dr. Babu Jagjivan Ram Living cum work shed Construction Scheme
The "Dr. Babu Jagjivan Ram Living cum work shed Construction Scheme" provides financial assistance to houseless leather artisans for constructing Living cum Work Sheds through the Rajiv Gandhi Rural Housing Corporation.
Financial Aid For Providing Hostel Facility To Transgender Students
The scheme “Financial Aid for Providing Hostel Facility to Transgender Students” was launched by the Department of Social Justice, Government of Kerala.
Financial Assistance as Interest Subsidy on Home Loan
The scheme aims to provide 50% reimbursement of interest on home loans up to ₹1,00,000 for eligible war widows, war bereaved families, war disabled personnel, and attributable peacetime casualties.
Financial Assistance for Hostel Facility in Professional/Technical Institutions (HBOCWWB)
Under this scheme, the Board provides financial assistance of up to ₹1,20,000/- to the children of construction workers for hostel facilities while they pursue technical/professional courses in recognized institutes.
Financial Assistance for Marriage for the Construction Workers
The "Financial Assistance for Marriage for the Construction Workers" by the Delhi Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board, Labour Department, Delhi, is a welfare scheme that provides financial assistance for marriage of self and for upto 2 children.
Financial Assistance for Purchase or Construction of House (UKBOCWWB)
The scheme provides loans of up to ₹50,000/- to construction workers registered with the Uttarakhand Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board (UKBOCWWB) for the purchase or construction of a house, at a minimum interest rate of 5% per annum.
Gadiya Lohar Maharana Pratap Bhawan Nirman Yojana
This scheme provides financial assistance of ₹1,20,000/- in three instalments to Gadiya Lohar families in Rajasthan for the construction of permanent houses and ensuring their settlement.
Garima Greh Shelter Homes For Transgender Persons
The aims to provide shelter, protection, rehabilitation, livelihood opportunities, and social reintegration support to transgender persons. It also provides shelter facilities, food, medical care, counselling, legal assistance, skill development, and document support to transgender persons.
Gaushala Vikas Yojana
This initiative provides financial assistance to registered gaushalas for building permanent infrastructure. Under this scheme, up to ₹10,000,00/- can be provided, with 90% of the funding from the state government and 10% contributed by the gaushala.
Government Service Home - Tamil Nadu
The scheme "Government Service Home" was launched by the Social Welfare and Women Empowerment Department, Government of Tamil Nadu. The scheme aims to provide institutional care to widows, destitute women, deserted women, adolescent girls and differently-abled women and their children.
Government Special School for the Visually Handicapped and the Hearing Impaired
The scheme “Government Special School for the Visually Handicapped and the Hearing Impaired” by the Department of Social Welfare, Government of Puducherry, was introduced to facilitate the education and self-confidence development of visually impaired and hearing-impaired children.
Government Working Women’s Hostel
The scheme "Government Working Women’s Hostel" is an initiative by the Social Welfare and Women Empowerment Department, Govt. of Tamil Nadu. The scheme aims to provide safe accommodation facilities to working women who live far away from their families, belonging to lower and middle-income groups.
Grant for the Repair of House (BBOCWWB)
Under this scheme, financial assistance of ₹20,000/- is provided to registered workers who have been members of the Board for at least three years for repair of house. However, workers who have already received assistance for house construction, bicycles, or tools are not eligible for this benefit.
Grant In Aid Hostels
The scheme aims to provide boarding and lodging facilities to tribal students who wish to pursue primary, secondary and higher secondary education. Free lodging and boarding facilities are provided to intended beneficiaries who are students studying in standards 5th to 12th.
Grant In Aid To Old Age Home
The "Grant in Aid to Old Age Home" is a scheme by the Dept. of Social Justice & Special Assistance, Govt. of Maharashtra. In this scheme, grants are provided to the NGOs for accommodating old men & women, destitute, disabled victims, into Old Age Homes, and providing them with food, & accommodation.
Grant of House Construction Subsidy to Scheduled Caste People
The scheme “Grant of House Construction Subsidy to Scheduled Caste People” was introduced by the Adi Dravidar Welfare Dept, Govt of Puducherry. The poor Scheduled Caste people, and other Economically backward class people, who meet the eligibility criteria, are provided house construction subsidy.
Grant-in-Aid to Non-governmental Organisations Running Residential Homes for the Children, Aged, and Vulnerable Persons Under Social Defence
“Grant-in-Aid to Non-governmental Organisations Running Residential Homes for the Children, Aged, and Vulnerable Persons Under Social Defence" was launched by Dept of Social Welfare, Govt of Puducherry. NGOs are paid ₹ 500/- per month per inmates, in two equal installments, for 12 months.
Halpati Housing Scheme
Under this scheme, ₹1,20,000 financial assistance is provided for self-constructed houses in rural south Gujarat to support housing needs of Halpati (Talaviya, Nayaka) caste members included in Scheduled Tribes.
Home for Mentally Challenged Children
The scheme "Home for Mentally Challenged Children" by the Department of Social Welfare, Government of Puducherry, aims to provide care for children facing mental challenges, i.e. low Intelligence Quotient (IQ). The scheme offers free boarding and lodging, uniform sets, daily living needs, etc.
Home Loan Interest Subsidy Scheme- Gujarat Labour Welfare Board
Under the scheme, a 3% Interest Subsidy is provided to workers who are employed in the organized sector to buy their own house and get relief from interest deductions on loans taken from banks.
Homes For Intellectually Impaired Persons
The "Homes for Intellectually Impaired Persons" is a scheme by the Department of Social Justice & Special Assistance, Govt. of Maharashtra. In this scheme, Mentally Deficient Children who are in need of care and protection are admitted into shelter homes through the Child Welfare Committees.
Hostel Assistance Scheme for Children of Migrant Construction Workers (GBOCWWB)
Under the scheme, hostel facilities for free accommodation and meals shall be provided to the children of migrant construction workers in primary school. The aim of the scheme is to provide primary, secondary, and higher education to the children of migrant construction workers.
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