Promoting equitable and dignified housing for workers in the unorganized and informal sector
Solving Housing Vulnerabilities
A worrying aspect of India’s urbanization is the housing vulnerabilities faced by low-income migrant workers. Constrained urban land supply for social housing and the inability of government efforts to address the scale and diversity of demand are the roots of this problem. Private informal markets which service these gaps provide poor quality, poorly managed and insecure housing. These housing markets are riddled with price and information asymmetries, and lacking in the documentation required for building urban citizenship.
This is where we come in.
Our Housing Verticals
ShelterSquare Foundation envisages developing four housing verticals to pursue its mission. Two of them – rental housing and worksite housing are already in pilot phase, in Surat and Ahmedabad, Gujarat, respectively.
Our Impact So Far
ShelterSquare’s first pilot project is the Republic Hostel and Mess in Sayan, an industrial suburb of Surat. It was launched in October 2023 in partnership with Aajeevika Bureau Trust and the Pravasi Shramik Suraksha Manch. It is home to more than a hundred migrants who work in the power looms in the area.