chennai as many 38 new housing projects were registered with the tamil nadu real estate regulatory authority tnrera in july though it has taken the total number of projects that are under the purview of realty regulator to 220 this year it is relatively less by nearly 125 when compared with the corresponding period of last year a total of 343 projects were registered between january and july in 2018the tamil nadu real estate regulation and development rules 2017 states all ongoing housing projects with a minimum of eight units should be registered with tnrera residential layouts also come under the ambit of the ambitious act that aims to protect the interests of the homebuyers as many as 564 housing projects were registered in 2018