Chandigarh, Jan. 30 -- Important decisions regarding the city's housing situation remain on hold as the Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) has postponed its board of directors meeting for the second time. The meeting, initially set for January 31 after a 20-month gap, is now scheduled for February 12. The last time the board met was in May 2023.

Due to the CHB's failure to convene a board meeting for nearly two years, the issue of need-based changes continues to hang fire, leaving about 60,000 property owners on tenterhooks.

In October last year, UT administrator Gulab Chand Kataria had reconstituted the board of directors for a period of three years.

The official board members include CHB chief executive officer (CEO), UT finance secretar...