Puducherry Housing Board(PHB)

The  Puducherry Housing Board was constituted under  a special  enactment viz. the Pondicherry Housing Board  Act,  1973 (No.7 of 1974) with the assent of the President of India and also with  an  avowed  object  to mitigate  the  housing  shortage  by promoting housing and improvement schemes in the Union  Territory of Puducherry. The Board started its functioning from May 1975.

Puducherry Housing Board is premier housing agency in the Puducherry Union Territory formed with an aim to provide house to the shelterless poor people. It also builds houses for middle income and high income categories. The  Puducherry Housing Board has so  far  constructed 4971  houses  out  of which 830 is for EWS of  the  Society.   In addition  to the construction of houses, the Board has  developed 320  plots  and sold to the general public.

The schemes are normally promoted with the financial assistance of financial institution viz. HUDCO.  Sometimes the schemes are carried out by Board’s own funds. The execution of works is supervised by Puducherry Housing Board, while the execution is carried out with the assistance of outside contractors.