The Andhra Pradesh cabinet has approved a plan to construct 261,000 houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) across the state by June 2026, strengthening its push to expand affordable housing. State Information and Public Relations Minister Kolusu Parthasarathy said the cabinet decided to provide a government guarantee to enable the Andhra Pradesh Township and Infrastructure Development Corporation to secure a term loan of about Rs 44.51 billion from the Housing and Urban Development Corporation. The funds will be used for housing construction and related infrastructure under PMAY (Urban). The government aims to complete and hand over 261,000 houses by June 2026. Nearly 100,000 applications have been received from people seeking houses or house sites under the scheme. Preliminary assessments indicate that around 75,000 applicants may qualify, while surveys suggest that about 25,000 families do not currently own house sites. The Chief Minister has instructed officials to complete all pending PMAY houses by October 2026, with additional housing projects to follow. The coalition government’s long-term objective is to ensure permanent housing or house sites for all eligible low-income families in Andhra Pradesh by 2029. The cabinet also approved the cancellation of certain plots allotted under land pooling in the Amaravati capital region due to alignment and compliance issues. Commercial plots affected by road realignment and widening, as well as those not compliant with planning norms, will be treated as objectionable. The Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority has been authorised to cancel such plots and allot alternative plots through a lottery system, provided the plots have not been transferred to third parties. A total of 112 plots have been identified with planning and alignment issues, and beneficiaries will be offered replacement plots. Vacant plots arising from cancellations may be utilised for other public purposes. Additionally, the cabinet decided to increase the maximum land allocation for recognised national and state political parties at constituency headquarters. Eligible parties without their own land or buildings can now be allotted up to 0.50 acres of government land on lease, compared with the earlier limit of 0.30 acres. The annual lease rent has been fixed at Rs 1,000 per year for 0.50 acres, subject to specified conditions.