Opening up of new avenues of employment in urban areas has motivated many young women to take up employment away from their homes to cities. Due to the rise in prices and high rentals, the cost of living has gone up. Girls from poor and middle class families find it difficult to manage financially in their new places of employment with the meagre income they get. In order to help such working women, the Government runs 21 Working Women Hostels. Land to be identified and handed over to Tamil Nadu Working Women Hostel Corporation Ltd for development of 7 new Working Women Hostels with support of Tamil Nadu Infrastructure Fund Management Corporation, a Government of Tamil Nadu promoted company and leading Indian Affordable Housing projects promoters along with sharing funds from Govt of India.
Women who earn upto Rs.25,000 per month at Chennai and Rs.15,000 per month in other places are eligible to get admission in these working women hostels. They have to pay a monthly rent of Rs.300 in Chennai and Rs.200 in other places. Sharing system is followed for food expenses, electricity and other charges. The staff salary is paid by the Government.