MHADA has yet again pushed back the annual lottery for sale of affordable houses. The reason given this time is "a technical glitch", which, officials said, will be "resolved in a short time". However, this 'technical glitch', in fact, is the alleged illegal occupation of some of the houses set to be part of the lottery.

MHADA's Repair and Reconstruction Board, which allows reconstruction of old cessed buildings in South Mumbai, gets surplus housing stock in the buildings undergoing redevelopment from the developers. This it hands over to the Authority's Mumbai Board, which is responsible for the lottery.