The all-women network Kudumbashree had conducted a state-wide survey and as many as 797 local self government bodies had finalised the list of beneficiaries, he told the state Assembly.
Vijayan was replying to a notice for adjournment motion by the Congress-led UDF opposition members, alleging confusion and technical complexities in identifying beneficiaries under the programme.
The Chief Minister said that a total of 75,065 Scheduled Caste people, 14,085 Scheduled Tribes and 6,000 fishermen were among those identified as beneficiaries.
The aim was to complete construction of 66,750 houses, work of which began under various earlier schemes but remained incomplete, before March 31 this year, he said.
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Construction of houses of those who have neither land nor houses would be considered in the next phase, Vijayan said.
"The construction of houses for 1.76 lakh homeless people who have land by their own will be completed by 2018-19," he said, adding that Rs four lakh would be spent for each such house.
"The government is issuing order after order in this regard, making the entire application procedure complex. The technical issues with the software has added more woes to the applicants," he said.
He also alleged that the scheme has destroyed the decentralised administrative system in the state and resulted in concentration of all powers for the allocation of funds at the ministerial and bureaucratic level.
Leader of the opposition in the assembly Ramesh Chennithala alleged that the much hyped Life mission was yet to take off in the state.
The opposition members later staged a walkout as Speaker P Sreeramakrishnan disallowed notice for the motion after the reply of the Chief Minister.