The trend of accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in the west could work wonders in addressing the national housing backlog if successfully adopted in the country. This is basically the gist of House Bill (HB) No. 8813, filed by Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep Luigi Villafuerte and 5th district Rep. Migz...
The Quezon City government on Friday, Apr. 10, assured residents of continued housing and relocation support despite unrest that erupted during a clearing operation along NIA Road in Barangay Pinyahan. City authorities said the clearing operation was conducted to prepare the area for the...
The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) vowed to implement corrective measures after the Commission on Audit (COA) flagged the computation on incentivized balanced housing for private developers since 2018. Under the law, developers of subdivision and condominium projects...
Residential property prices posted their slowest inflation rate in nearly seven years, or since before the Covid-19 pandemic, as Filipinos stepped on the brakes on borrowing from banks to purchase housing amid tighter lending standards. “Residential property prices in the Philippines continued to...
The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) is helping over 1,300 working-class families in Pampanga move closer to owning their homes through government-backed housing programs. DHSUD Secretary Jose Ramon Aliling and Social Housing Finance Corporation (SHFC) President...
ILOILO CITY – The Iloilo provincial government has turned over its first disaster-resilient housing project to beneficiaries from a landslide-prone area in the northern town of Batad. “If we want to spend money on evacuation centers, why not allocate it to building houses for our relocatees. We...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso has finally made his dream of providing decent and high-quality homes to Manileños a reality following the raffle of 100 housing units for qualified beneficiaries under the city’s in-city vertical housing program on Wednesday, March 18. The raffle,...
The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) on Sunday, March 15, welcomed the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) decision to exempt approved socialized housing projects from its land use reclassification moratorium. DHSUD Secretary Jose Ramon Aliling said the move will help...
Senator Raffy Tulfo grilled officials of the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) over its inaction on a large number of complaints of real estate buyers, including OFWs, who wish to refund their investments due to poorly constructed and mismanaged housing projects of some...
The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) and the University of the Philippines (UP) broke ground on a rental housing project aimed at low-income housing for the university community. DHSUD Secretary Jose Ramon Aliling and UP President Angelo Jimenez on Friday led the...
The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) is fast-tracking the construction of a housing project in Manila which is expected to provide modern homes for over 6,000 mostly informal settler residents. DHSUD Secretary Jose Ramon Aliling said the Port Town Housing Project...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso met with Housing Investment Committee officials on Wednesday, March 4, to discuss plans on how to further boost the city 's passive income funds collected from the city 's housing projects. Domagoso said the plan aims to create additional...