The Law (Legislation-A) Department, Govt. of Kerala, on November 03, 2025, issued the Kerala Single Dwelling Place Protection Act, 2025.
The following have been stated:
• An Act to provide for preventing the situation where families are losing their single dwelling place through eviction on account of non-repayment of loans raised from financial institutions functioning in the State by mortgaging such single dwelling place, for taking measures including protection of dwelling place of such persons, and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto
• Protection of single dwelling place:- The families that lose dwelling place on account of the attachment or the recovery proceedings initiated by a financial institution due to the non-repayment of a loan raised by mortgaging the single dwelling place from the financial institution functioning in the State shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, be eligible for getting protection.
• Constitution of the District Level Dwelling Place Protection Committee:- The Government shall, by notification, constitute in each district the District Level Dwelling Place Protection Committee for this Act.
[ACT no. 13 OF 2025]
