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The House of Representatives approved House Bill (HB) 10772, which would improve the delivery of socialized housing programs. The bill, which garnered 178 affirmative votes and three negative votes without abstention, aims to make available at affordable cost decent housing and basic services to the underprivileged and homeless citizens in urban centers and resettlement areas. […]
Senator Risa Hontiveros underscored the importance of prioritizing socialized and affordable housing, as well as the agricultural value chain, in line with the expansion of the country’s railway system. “Hindi lang problema sa transportasyon ang pwedeng matugunan ng railways projects. Isa rin itong oportunidad para makapagtayo ng mga abot-kayang pabahay at maging tulay sa pagitan […]
Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Villafuerte is backing the move by the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) to tie-up not only with local government units (LGUs) but with private contractors and developers as well in building 6 million affordable shelters, as a way to hit the Marcos administration’s target to construct a million […]
Bacolod City Mayor Albee Benitez has signed a memorandum of agreement with WRS Holdings, and the Pag-IBIG Fund for the construction of an affordable housing project for informal settlers. Providing better and comfortable homes for all informal settler families (ISF) in Bacolod City is one of the mayor’s flagship programs ever since he started his […]
Government housing agencies have done a lot to comply with the tenets of the ease of doing business but a lot more has to be done to address the backlog in the area of informal sector mass housing. “Building a house is a slog through 27 offices, 78 permits, 156 signatures, 373 documents that could […]