Lobbying for Housing
Housing and Basic Amenities
DBRC works to ensure that marginalized communities, particularly SC, ST, Denotified and Nomadic communities, have access to safe, secure, and dignified housing. We believe that adequate housing is a foundation for improved health, safety, well-being, and sustainable livelihoods. Through community mobilization, awareness-building, and engagement with government departments, DBRC facilitates access to housing schemes and essential services such as electricity, drinking water, sanitation, and drainage facilities. By enabling families to secure permanent homes and basic amenities, we help create healthier, safer, and more resilient communities.
Study on Implementation of Housing Schemes
The Dalit Bahujan Resource Centre (DBRC) conducted multiple studies on marginalized communities in Andhra Pradesh, focusing on their socio-economic, cultural, and developmental challenges. One study covered 997 households of Denotified, Nomadic, and Semi-Nomadic Tribes across seven districts, highlighting social exclusion, economic vulnerability, and gaps in access to government services while documenting their cultural identities and aspirations. Another study, involving 300 individuals from Yerukula, Yanadi, and Chenchu tribes in six districts, assessed awareness and accessibility of welfare schemes and examined their impact on income and employment. Additionally, DBRC collaborated with ICFAI University professors to evaluate the state’s Housing Scheme through focus group discussions and interviews, analyzing construction progress, amenities, financing, and the scheme’s socio-economic effects.
The report also contextualizes these findings within the 2024 political shift in Andhra Pradesh, when the Telugu Desam Party–Janasena–BJP alliance came to power. A major outcome was the discontinuation of the village volunteer system, which had been crucial in delivering welfare benefits and resolving local issues. The sudden halt of key Direct Benefit Transfer schemes such as Amma Vodi, YSR Cheyutha, and Rythu Bharosa has caused severe distress among poor households, affecting education and livelihoods.
Although new welfare programmes have been announced, delays in implementation have deepened vulnerabilities, leaving social security pensions as one of the few uninterrupted supports.
