State rural housing programs, including Kalaignar Kanavu Illam and PMAY-G, provide financial assistance to convert thatch and mud huts into durable concrete houses.
Eligibility criteria:
- Poor families residing in thatched huts, mud houses, or dilapidated rural dwellings.
- Applicant must hold a valid House Site Patta in a rural panchayat.
- No family member should own a pucca concrete house anywhere in India.
- Beneficiary name must be approved in the Grama Sabha priority selection list.
Financial grant:
- Financial assistance ranging from ₹3.5 Lakh to ₹4 Lakh per house is sanctioned in stages.
- Payments are released directly into the beneficiary's bank account following stage-by-stage geotagged photo inspections.