8 th International Conference on Recent Advances in Civil Engineering, Architecture and Sustainable Development, 2015 Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Chattisgarh Housing Board as a Provider of Low Income Group Housing in Raipur Rohit Kumar Assistant Professor, MBS School of Planning and Architecture 8130223162 rohit4th@gmail.com Abstract The paper studies the effect of the state Housing Board in providing public housing to its Low Income Group section of the city. The state of Chattisgarh has shown strong progress since it became a new state in the year 2000. Raipur as the capital of the state spearheads the economic prosperity with the now functional Naya Raipur or New Raipur as the gem of the state. Like other states, the government owes the responsibility to provide housing for all and for this purpose it has three public housing agencies namely the Raipur Development Authority, Chattisgarh Housing Board and the (then) Madhya Pradesh Housing and Infrastructure Development Board. Their major objective is to provide housing to the common public at prices affordable to them, which in most cases is below the market rates. Only Governmental agencies are strong enough financially, politically and humanely to meet these demands. Approximately 32,000 units were built from 1965 to 2013 out of which 10,542 were provided by the Madhya Pradesh Housing Board, 7,125 units constructed by the Raipur Development Authority and 14,348 units by the Chattisgarh Housing Board. On an average, the annual rate of housing supply was 1,300 units. In spite of the deficiency in housing for the Low Income Group and the Economically Weaker Section, many of the units were unoccupied as observed in the case studies. The study analyses the reasons and the causes for such situations and reveals how the efforts of the state authority is unable to meet the needs of the public. Key Words: Public, Housing Board, Raipur, Tenure, Transport; 1. Introduction Raipur is the largest city in the state and the Raipur Municipal Area has a population of 1,010,087 as per census 2011. Planning area of Raipur is spread over 188.01 sq.km 1 and consists of 41 villages with in the planning area. Raipur Municipal Council was established 1 Square kilometres in 1867 and it was upgraded to corporation status in 1961 comprising 5 zones and 54 wards and in November 1 in 2000 it became the capital of the newly formed state of Chattisgarh. In the year 2003, 26 villages were brought under RMC. These villages had a population of 88,139 as per 2001 census and were added as 16 Wards under RMC now having 70 wards with 8 zones. 1.1. Status of Public Housing in Raipur With all the discussion on Housing for All, public housing is usually provided by Government agencies for the common public at affordable rates. [2] Public housing Agencies in Raipur comprise of the Madhya Pradesh Housing Board (MP-HB), The Raipur Development Authority (RDA) and the Chhattisgarh Housing Board (CHB). The total housing supply from 1965 to 2013 is 32,015 units out of which 10,542 are constructed by MP-HB, 7,125 units by RDA and 14,348 units by CHB.