by Meera | Feb 2, 2015 | Blog, Featured, News
The state cooperative election authority (SCEA) has clarified that a housing society’s associate members can be part of the managing committee. This will be a shot in the arm for old cooperative housing societies as more residents can participate in their...
by Meera | Jan 26, 2015 | Blog, News
MUMBAI: Since one week, the children of Sanghvi Majestic housing society in Matunga have been meeting to practise their cricket strokes after dinner. The apartment will organize its annual Sanghvi Premier League cricket tournament on Republic Day. As always,...
by Meera | Jan 26, 2015 | Blog, News
Vinayak Chavan, 37, has recently rented his 2-BHK apartment in Airoli to four young women, all engineers. A day after the tenants moved in, the housing society raised an objection saying that they were not comfortable with single women living there and would hence not...
by Meera | Jan 14, 2015 | Blog, Featured, News
MUMBAI: Housing societies do not have to pay service tax on maintenance charges collected from their members, a tax tribunal has ruled. This will reduce the maintenance outgo of residents of nearly a lakh housing societies in Mumbai and Thane, particularly the upscale...
by Meera | Dec 15, 2014 | Blog, Featured, Insights
A healthy residential community is made up of individuals who are actively learning how to be neighbors, citizens, and leaders. Each and every member has a part in the success of a community. In choosing to live in a co-operative housing society or an association of...
by Meera | Dec 9, 2014 | Blog, Featured, Insights, News, Q&A
Nearly 85% of co-operative housing societies (CHS) in Mumbai alone do not have conveyance from their builders. It is the same elsewhere in Maharashtra. “Although the process is simple, people find it difficult to collect required documents from several...
