{"id":20683,"date":"2026-09-05T16:02:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T16:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=20683"},"modified":"2026-09-05T16:02:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T16:02:19","slug":"a-home-run-for-workers-daman-dius-sparsh-2-0-opens-more-rental-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=20683","title":{"rendered":"A home run for workers? Daman & Diu\u2019s SPARSH 2.0 opens more rental space"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Daman & Diu\u2019s SPARSH 2.0 opens more rental space (representational image)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Finding affordable rental housing can be a challenge for workers and other economically weaker sections. To expand access to such housing, the Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu administration has introduced the Scheme for Promotion of Affordable Rental Smart Housing (SPARSH 2.0), which offers incentives to housing complex owners and developers for building or redeveloping affordable rental homes.Implemented by the Labour & Employment Department of the UT Administration of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, the scheme relaxes several construction norms and offers benefits such as additional Floor Space Index (FSI), higher ground coverage, commercial-use flexibility and other regulatory relaxations. In return, eligible housing complexes must reserve at least 66% of their dwelling units for Economically Weaker Section (EWS) beneficiaries.Applicable across Daman, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and Diu from 2022 to 2027, SPARSH 2.0 also aims to encourage public and private investment in affordable rental housing, improve workers\u2019 health and well-being, boost industrial productivity and reduce their financial burden from treatment costs and wage loss. It also seeks to improve workers\u2019 happiness and quality of life while harmonising the Affordable Rental Housing Complexes (ARHC) Scheme guidelines with the SPARSH Scheme.So, what does SPARSH 2.0 offer, who can apply and what conditions must housing complexes meet?<\/p>\n

What is SPARSH 2.0?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n

The scheme seeks to encourage the development and redevelopment of affordable rental housing infrastructure for workers, labourers, urban poor and other weaker sections.Under its vertical for incentivising the development or redevelopment of housing complexes and residential spaces for the urban poor, construction norms are relaxed for eligible SPARSH 2.0 housing complexes. Registered complexes become eligible for further scheme incentives and benefits, while the registration process provides for annual monitoring and compliance verification.<\/p>\n

What benefits does the scheme offer?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n

Eligible housing complexes can avail several construction and regulatory relaxations.Each housing complex under SPARSH 2.0 is entitled to:<\/span><\/p>\n

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