BACOLOD CITY -- At least 10,000 informal settlers here will soon have their own decent houses. City officials led by Mayor Alfredo Abelardo ‘Albee’ Benitez (8th from right), along with Housing Secretary Jose Rizalino Acuzar (9th from right) lead the groundbreaking of Yuhum village at Abada...
The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) and the Bataan provincial government have forged a partnership that would pave the way for a modern township project in Mariveles town. (Photo courtesy of DHSUD Facebook page) DHSUD Secretary Jose Rizalino Acuzar said the project is...
The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) has highlighted the significant role of local government units (LGUs) for the successful implementation of the administration's program to address the country’s housing backlog and resettle informal settler families (ISFs) to safer...
Gabriela Women’s Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas is wondering why the budget for the construction of classrooms and housing is relatively low compared to the rest of the items under the P1.196-trillion infrastructure budget. (Photo from Gabriela Partylist Arlene Brosas's Facebook) “Nasa...
Food security, affordable energy, and housing were the key issues tackled by the Executive in the recent Cabinet meeting in Malacañang on August 18, Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles said. Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles (Photo from the Office of the Press Secretary Facebook Page) In her...
The Subdivision and Housing Developers Association (SHDA) has pushed for the strengthening of the incentives and addressing the price ceilings, especially for socialized housing, to encourage more developers in housing activities and achieve the administration’s housing goals over the next six...
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...