MHADA Mumbai lottery 2026: 2,640 flats on offer, applications open today; draw on May 15

MUMBAI: MHADA's Mumbai Board has announced a lottery for the sale of 2,640 apartments in the city. The application process begins today March 30 and the lottery draw will be conducted at 11.00 am May 15.

These flats are located across Kannamwar Nagar in Vikhroli, Patra Chawl in Siddharth Nagar Goregaon, Old Magathane in Borivli, Gorai Borivli, Subhash Nagar in Chembur, Gandhi Nagar in Bandra, Pant Nagar in Ghatkopar, Girgaum, Wadala, Kopri in Powai, Mazgaon, Tunga in Powai, Lokmanya Nagar in Dadar, Pahadi Goregaon and Antop Hill Wadala.

Of these 145 apartments are available for the Economically Weaker Section (EWS), 858 apartments for the Lower Income Group (LIG), 1,408 apartments for the Middle Income Group (MIG), and 229 apartments for the Higher Income Group (HIG).

The online application registration and form filling process will begin today at 3:00 pm after a formal inauguration by MHADA vice president and CEO Sanjeev Jaiswal.

The advertisement is published in today's newspapers and on the MHADA website https://housing.mhada.gov.in. An information booklet detailing the lottery process will be uploaded there.

Registered applicants will also be able to apply online. The deadline for submitting online applications is April 29. Online acceptance of earnest money will end April 30. Payment of earnest money through RTGS/NEFT can be made upto banking hours on April 30.

The provisional list of applications received will be published May 5. The deadline for filing online claims and objections after publication of the provisional list is May 8. The final list of accepted applications for the lottery will be published May 12 before the lottery is held May 15.

This lottery includes 1,762 houses under construction by the Mumbai Board, 371 flats received by MHADA as housing stock from developers under redevelopment projects under DCR (Development Control Regulation) 33(5), 188 apartments received as housing stock from developers under redevelopment projects under DCR 33(7), as well as 319 scattered apartments received under redevelopment projects under DCR 33(5), 33(7) and 58 that remained vacant due to various reasons in previous lotteries.

A mobile app named 'MHADA Housing Lottery System' is available too.

Applicants must have a mobile number linked to Aadhaar and an email ID for registration and form filling. For registration and eligibility, applicants require Aadhaar card, PAN card, domicile certificate of Maharashtra and income proof.

The annual family income limit for participation is: up to Rs 6 lakh for EWS, up to Rs 9 lakh for LIG, up to Rs 12 lakh for MIG, and more than Rs 12 lakh for HIG.