New Delhi, Dec. 21 -- Like the EWS quota in schools, is this also a subject of use as well as abuse by every stakeholder in the value chain? Every private developer who builds a gated community is mandated to reserve a section for the urban poor through economically weaker section (EWS) housing. While different states have different rules, the policy was formulated to bridge the demand and supply gap in the low cost housing segment in urban areas, by asking real estate developers to earmark dwelling units in housing projects for the EWS and low income group (LIG) category. For instance in Maharashtra, buildings constructed on a private land above 4,000 sq m, have to reserve 20 percent of the total flats while in UP, all government, private and cooperative housing schemes above 3,000 sq m area are required to allocate 20 percent of total dwelling units to people from EWS and LIG. In Odisha, this requirement is ten percent. ...