MHADA Housing Lottery Deadline Extended Again

MHADA has extended the deadline for applications to its 2026 Mumbai housing lottery for a second time, moving the last date for online registration and applications to May 28, according to local media reports and the authority’s lottery portal. The Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority’s Mumbai Board is offering 2,640 flats across income categories in Mumbai and its suburbs. (lokmat.com) The move follows an earlier extension from the original April 29 deadline announced when the lottery opened in late March. MHADA has also cut prices on a large block of flats in Vikhroli and revised the income-category allocation for part of that project. (housing.mhada.gov.in) ### Which deadline did MHADA change this time? May 28 is the new last date for online registration and applications under the Mumbai Board’s 2026 lottery, Lokmat reported on May 14. The same report said MHADA had extended the deadline for the second time in an effort to draw more applicants to the scheme. March 30 was the date online applications opened, according to MHADA’s March 29 press release announcing the sale. That release had set April 29 at 11:59 p.m. as the last date for submitting online applications, April 30 for earnest money deposit acceptance, and May 15 for the draw. (lokmat.com) ### How big is the lottery, and where are the homes? MHADA’s Mumbai Board said on March 29 that the lottery covers 2,640 flats in Mumbai city and suburbs. The projects named in the press release include Kannamwar Nagar-Vikhroli, Siddharth Nagar-Goregaon, old Motilal Nagar-Borivali, Gorai-Borivali, Subhash Nagar-Chembur, Gandhi Nagar-Bandra, Pant Nagar-Ghatkopar, Virar? (lokmat.com) No — the press release names locations including Girgaon, Wadala, Kopri-Powai, Mazgaon, Tunga Powai, Lokmanya Nagar-Dadar, Pahadi Goregaon and Antop Hill-Wadala. The March release said 145 flats were earmarked for the economically weaker section, 858 for the lower-income group, 1,408 for the middle-income group and 229 for the higher-income group. (mhada.gov.in) MHADA described the sale as covering multiple income bands across the Mumbai Board’s inventory. ### Why did the authority extend the deadline twice? Lokmat reported that the extension came after a lower-than-expected response to the affordable housing scheme and said MHADA wanted to attract more applications. Hindustan Times, citing the same round of changes, reported a “muted response” from buyers. (mhada.gov.in) The local report also said prices on some units were seen as high, a factor cited alongside the lower application count. MHADA has not, in the material reviewed here, published a detailed official explanation for the second extension on its main English-language pages, but the authority did make parallel changes to pricing and category allocation in the Vikhroli project. (mhada.gov.in) ### What changed at Kannamwar Nagar in Vikhroli? MHADA cut sale prices by 7.5% for 1,221 flats under code numbers 538 and 539 at the Kannamwar Nagar-Vikhroli (East) project, Lokmat reported. The report said 610 of those 1,221 flats were placed under new code numbers 538-A and 539-A for the higher-income group only. (lokmat.com) The same report said the 7.5% reduction would also apply to the newly recoded higher-income-group flats and that one parking space would be provided free with each flat in that project. Those changes took effect from May 14, according to the report. (lokmat.com) ### Where can applicants check the scheme details now? MHADA’s website lists the “Booklet for Sale of Tenement of Mumbai Board Lottery - 2026” and the “Advertisement for Sale of Tenement of Mumbai Board Lottery - 2026” on its home page. The authority’s housing lottery portal is the application channel referenced in the March 29 announcement. (lokmat.com) May 28 is now the operative application deadline cited in current reporting, while MHADA’s original March 29 release had scheduled the draw for May 15. Applicants can use the MHADA lottery portal and the Mumbai Board 2026 booklet on the authority’s website to track any revised draw date or further notices. (mhada.gov.in) (lokmat.com)