After Bhubaneswar and Rourkela were selected under the Smart Cities scheme, the Union Government has included 42 cities from Odisha in the list of over 305 cities and towns across nine States for implementing its ‘Housing for All’ scheme.
The Union Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Ministry would provide assistance of over Rs 2 lakh crore over the next six years to enable two crore urban poor people get their own houses.
Under the Housing for All initiative, two crore houses are targeted to be built for the poor in urban areas by 2022.