Senator Nancy Binay on Wednesday, Aug. 17 asked the National Housing Authority (NHA) to consider giving housing projects to informal settler families (ISF) for free. Binay made the suggestion after Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) Secretary Jerry Acuzar said some of the...
The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) has secured funding for the development of resettlement sites and building of homes for Abra residents whose houses were either totally or partially destroyed during the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that hit Northern Luzon on July 27....
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has appointed businessman Jose "Jerry" Acuzar as the new secretary of the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD). President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. administers the oath-taking ceremony of Department of Human Settlements and Urban...
Around 5,000 informal settler families (ISFs) in Valenzuela City now have homes in the fully furnished Disiplina Village in Barangay Bignay, the local government announced Thursday, July 28. Photo courtesy of Valenzuela City PIO Valenzuela City Mayor Wes Gatchalian, Congressman Rex Gatchalian, Vice...
TACLOBAN CITY – The 546th Engineer Construction Battalion of the Philippine Army based here confirmed that the construction of temporary housing facilities for victims of typhoon “Odette” last Dec. 16 in Limasawa, Southern Leyte is almost complete. According to Sgt. Randy Libradilla,...
Pag-IBIG Fund financed 8,471 socialized homes for minimum-wage and low-income members amounting to ₱3.67 billion in the first half of 2022, its top officials said Wednesday (July 20). Socialized home loans make up 19% of the total number of housing loans financed by the agency from January to...
In accordance with the local government's "ambitious target" of having zero informal settlers families (ISF) in Pasig City within the decade, Mayor Vico Sotto reminded the city council and other government employees to set realistic expectations in promising and delivering services to citizens....
The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) and the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) will soon turn over housing units to dairy farmers of Guinobatan, Albay. Under the two agencies' Building, Adequate, Livable, Affordable, and Inclusive Filipino Communities (BALAI) project,...
Pinuno Party-list Rep. Howard Guintu has filed House Bill (HB) 1041, or the proposed “Free On-Site Living Quarters for Public School Teachers Act". Public school teachers at work (Photo from DepEd/Manila Bulletin) “This bill will address the problems of our public school teachers who need to...
​Outgoing President Duterte on Thursday led the turnover ceremony of a housing project in Davao City​ and expressed hope that the same initiative would be continued by the next administration. The project called Madayaw Residences "is only one of the many housing projects pursued by...
ATIMONAN, Quezon – A P75-million housing project and evacuation site will rise through the Building Adequate Livable Affordable and Inclusive (BALAI) Filipino Community program of the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) in Barangay Sokol here. A Memorandum of...
MARAWI CITY -- The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) formally wrapped up its Rebuilding Marawi Project with the Handover of Community Management and Permanent Shelters on Thursday (May 19). The culminating event was held at Hadiya Village in Barangay Dulay West this city. In...
