Crypto News: The housing that helped Mumbai become a megacity

For over a century, the chawls of Mumbai have acted as one of the city's most important forms of affordable housing. But these large tenement complexes, which today house tens of thousands of residents for as little as $1 a month per unit, are due to be swept away and replaced by high-rise residential towers in one of the most ambitious urban renewal plans the city has ever seen.

In the latest edition of our Iconic Home Designs series, Ronojoy Mazumdar explores how the density and layout of the city's remaining chawls have helped generate community spirit between households. Their impending demolition signals the disappearance of affordable housing from Mumbai's downtown and the end of its tradition of mingling the rich and poor in the same tight-knit neighborhoods. Today on CityLab: How 'Chawl' Tenements Helped Mumbai Become a Megacity.

– Guillermo Molero

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