Tiz - Housing Project

Tiziana Celine Piatos
@tribunephl_tiz
With the launch of a flagship initiative to build over six million houses in the country that would
benefit some 30 million Filipinos, the administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has
increased efforts to solve housing issues.
According to the administration's 2022 year-end report, the Pambansang Pabahay Para sa
Pilipino (National Housing for Filipinos) Program aims to build 6.15 million housing units over
the following six years and involves converting informal settlements into prime residential areas,
waterfronts, and esteros.
The Department of Human Settlements and Development signed 47 Memorandums of

Understanding with 39 local government units and eight provincial LGUs as of 22 December
2022.
Groundbreaking ceremonies were held in 15 LGUs, namely: Bacolod City in Negros Occidental;
Iligan City in Lanao del Norte; Tagbilaran City in Bohol; Iloilo City; Carle in Iloilo Province;
Sta. Barbara, Iloilo Province; Victorias City, Iloilo Province; Roxas City in Capiz; Mandaue City
in Cebu; Quezon City and Marikina City in National Capital Region; Mariveles in Bataan;
Palayan City in Nueva Ecija; Carmona in Cavite; and Tanauan City in Batangas.
Inclusive housing for all
The chief executive is expected to sign an executive order implementing Section 24 of Republic
Act 11201, which requires government agencies to work together to identify idle state properties
suitable for housing and rural development.
A briefer on the site inspection of the land development and housing project mentioned that the
socioeconomic aim of the Marcos government is to create habitable and sustainable communities
in order to improve living conditions for Filipinos.
The government is aiming to create inclusive and sustainable settlements and well-planned
communities, in addition to providing shelter, particularly to impoverished and disaster-affected
families, it was said.
Under the Emergency Housing Assistance Program, the National Housing Authority gave P349
million to 33,637 recipients who were affected by the 7.3-magnitude earthquake in Northern
Luzon on 27 July 2022, Super Typhoon Odette in 2021, and other natural disasters.
The SM Development Corporation, Pag-IBIG Fund, NHA, and the municipalities of Bucay and
Tayum in Abra, have signed an MOU with the DHSUD for the creation of permanent housing
for affected households in the province as well as resettlement places. In addition, the DHSUD is
working to relocate those impacted by the earthquake.
Other housing achievements include the completion of 7,300 new housing units through NHA,
the awarding of 100 housing units to Intramuros residents through the Social Housing Finance
Corporation, and the financing of 46,433 housing units through the Pag-IBIG Fund End-User
Home Financing Program, of which 8,444 are socialized housing units.
How the gov't will build 6M housing units
The briefer on the site inspection of the land development and housing project also mentioned
that said the DHSUD and LGUs would "identify blighted areas for development, purchase or
pursue expropriation of private properties occupied by informal settler families, facilitate the in-
city or onsite development of government-owned properties with ISFs, and identify beneficiaries
of the housing project."
The DHSUD and GFIs, which include the Development Bank of the Philippines, the Land Bank
of the Philippines, the Government Service Insurance System, and the Social Security System,
also agreed to work together on funding plans and the distribution of financial, technical, and
operational resources for the Fourth Philippine Highway on 21 December 2022.
The President emphasized that the administration plans to give families shelter, not just for the
country's poorest citizens but also for working people who require quality housing.
According to the chief executive, housing organizations and developers should think about
including facilities and essentials like water, power, markets, schools, and transportation hubs in
their housing projects.
In order to give Filipinos good homes with the most basic amenities and conveniences, Marcos
also committed to intensifying efforts for the administration's ambitious housing project.
Construction on the project has already started in a number of areas across the country.

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Tiziana Celine Piatos

The Department of Human Settlements and Development signed 47 Memorandums of

Inclusive housing for all

How the gov't will build 6M housing units

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