By Salil Panchal
homing in
42 | forbes india August 4, 2017
DHFL, an early entrant in affordable
housing finance, has grown by targeting
the hinterland with a dedicated task force
W
hen 35-year-old
Rajesh Wadhawan
started Dewan
Housing Finance
Limited (DHFL)
in April 1984, it was with the intention
of providing housing finance options
to low-income clients. The first few
loans that the company—based in
Bassein (now Vasai), a far-flung suburb