Lack of available housing threatens the growth of Auroville. The reasons for this are lack of planning, bureaucratisation, ‘not in my backyard’ attitudes, over-dependence on government grants and bad economic policies. All need fixing.
In the last two decades Auroville Today has repeatedly reported about Aurovilles housing crisis. Today’s situation is once again grim. 201 Aurovilians and 132 Newcomers are in urgent need of housing, in addition to a steadily growing number of youth and volunteers. The Housing Service expects the numbers to increase by 50-60 people a year. But it has no means to address the need for there are no new building projects.
The only ongoing projects are Humanscapes Block 2, which will provide youth housing for 36 beds; Humanscapes Block 3, for which building permission is still awaited; Vibrance (61 beds); and the extension with a few small units of Kriya and Pony Farm. But all have their problems.
Ongoing project problems
Humanscapes is a government-...
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