New Delhi, Nov. 5 -- The Forum for People's Collective Efforts has renewed the debate over real-estate regulation by seeking stronger homebuyer protection and greater accountability of regulatory authorities. Its proposals, reported on 2 November, include separating sector promotion from consumer protection and reconsidering the institutional administration of the law. These are advocacy proposals, not enacted changes.
The Property Times believes the central issue deserves attention regardless of whether every proposed structural change is accepted. A buyer needs a remedy that works within a meaningful period.
A family confronting a delayed home cannot measure protection solely through the existence of a regulator, a registered project or...