The applicant must be: 1) Resident of the State of Gujarat in Rural Areas, 2) The applicant must be BPL, 3) The applicant should not own any land or house in his/her name, 4) The applicant must not be have availed any other housing benefits from any other scheme before this application, 5) The applicant must also furnish a certificate from the Sarpanch of his/her respective village that 'This peson has not availed any benefit till now from the Sardar Patel Awas Yojana in our village', 6) The scheme benefit can only be availed once per beneficiary