Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said that housing finance companies (HFCs) will henceforth be treated as one of the categories of Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) for regulatory purposes and it will come under its direct oversight. This comes after the Finance Act, 2019 amended the National Housing Bank Act, 1987, conferring certain powers for regulation of HFCs with the RBI.
The central bank will carry out a review of the extant regulatory framework applicable to the HFCs and come out with revised regulations in due course. In the meantime, HFCs shall continue to comply with the directions and instructions issued by the National Housing Bank (NHB) till the RBI issues a revised framework.
Moreover, NHB will continue to carry out supervision of HFCs and HFCs will continue to submit various returns to NHB as hitherto. The grievance redressal mechanism with regard to HFCs will also continue to be with the NHB.
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