For over four decades, MASHAL has partnered with urban poor communities, migrant families, disaster-affected households and underserved settlements to improve housing and living conditions. Through community-led planning, technical expertise, slum rehabilitation and resilient habitat development, we create inclusive, healthy and sustainable places where people can live with dignity and security
Community-Centred Housing Development
MASHAL works with vulnerable communities to improve housing access, strengthen habitat infrastructure, and support dignified living environments through participatory planning and technical assistance.
The intervention includes:
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- Slum rehabilitation
- Affordable housing support
- Habitat infrastructure development
- Disaster rehabilitation
- Rental housing initiatives
- Climate-responsive housing systems
Housing Is About More Than Shelter
Unsafe settlements, insecure tenure, poor sanitation, overcrowding, and climate vulnerability continue to affect low-income communities across urban and rural regions.Safe housing improvements:
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- Health & sanitation
- Social dignity
- Community resilience
- Livelihood security
- Women’s safety
Long-term wellbeingMASHAL believes housing development must include the voice, participation, and ownership of communities themselves.
Participatory & Practical
MASHAL combines technical expertise with grassroots engagement to create scalable and people-centred housing solutions.
The process includes:
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- Community mobilization
- GIS & socio-economic surveys
- Layout and infrastructure planning
- Government scheme facilitation
- Technical and architectural support
- Rehabilitation implementation
- Habitat strengthening
For over four decades, MASHAL has advanced safe, affordable, and resilient housing through community-led planning, in-situ rehabilitation, infrastructure improvement, and technical support. Its pioneering BSUP/JNNURM work in Pune protected livelihoods while improving housing dignity and security.
The Bandhu Rental Housing Project was an innovative housing initiative implemented by Maharashtra Social Housing and Action League (MASHAL) with support from Dasra. The project aimed to improve access to safe, affordable, and transparent rental housing for migrant workers, low-income households, and urban poor communities in Pune by leveraging digital technology…
Following the devastating Latur Earthquake of 1993, Maharashtra Social Housing and Action League (MASHAL) initiated an innovative Earthquake-Resistant Housing Development Project in Budhada village, Latur district. The project was undertaken to address the urgent need for safe, affordable, and culturally appropriate housing…
In the aftermath of the devastating Latur Earthquake of 1993, popularly known as the Killari Earthquake, Maharashtra Social Housing and Action League (MASHAL) played a significant role in the rehabilitation and reconstruction of earthquake-affected communities in Latur and Osmanabad districts of Maharashtra.
In 1997, Maharashtra Social Housing and Action League (MASHAL) implemented a pioneering Slum Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Project for flood-affected families residing in the Milind Nagar settlement of Pimpri Camp, Pimpri-Chinchwad. The project was undertaken in collaboration with the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) and aimed at providing a permanent housing solution for vulnerable …
Support community-led housing systems, resilient habitat development, and dignified living environments for vulnerable populations.
