Boom to bust: Gurugram’s illegal PG business faces crackdown
Hundreds of professionals and families living in unauthorised paying guest accommodations and rented 1BHK and 1RK units across DLF’s residential colonies in Gurugram were forced to vacate at short notice last month as authorities launched a sealing drive. With more than 5,000 properties under scrutiny, and thousands of tenants caught in limbo, The Hindu traces the human cost of the crackdown, the scramble for alternative housing, and the thriving rental economy built on widespread planning violations that had flourished for years
· 7/11/2026, 10:48:23 PM· 2 min read
Hundreds of professionals and families living in unauthorised paying guest accommodations and rented 1BHK and 1RK units across DLF’s residential colonies in Gurugram were forced to vacate at short notice last month as authorities launched a sealing drive. With more than 5,000 properties under scrutiny, and thousands of tenants caught in limbo, The Hindu traces the human cost of the crackdown, the scramble for alternative housing, and the thriving rental economy built on widespread planning violations that had flourished for years
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