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Barangay employees isasali sa 'Pambansang Pabahay'

Michael Delizo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 02 01:27 PM

Pasok na rin ang mga empleyado ng barangay sa mga benepisyaryo ng programang pabahay ng pamahalaan. Read more »

Housing dep't eyes building over 1-M houses this 2023

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 05 04:06 PM

Housing Undersecretary Avelino Tolentino III said they aim to complete 1.25 million houses by the end of this year. Read more »

Marcos to sign order to use idle govt lands for housing projects

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 07 09:14 PM

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will sign an executive order that will allow the government to use all idle government lands for housing projects, Malacañang said on Monday. Read more »

Pabahay program inilunsad sa Batasan Hills, Quezon City

Zyann Ambrosio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 22 08:01 PM

Inilunsad ngayong Huwebes sa Batasan Hills, Quezon City ang Pambansang Pabahay Program. Read more »

Amortization hike for units awarded to Kadamay members questioned

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 22 02:32 AM

The low-cost government housing units in Pandi town, Bulacan were occupied by and eventually awarded to members of urban poor group KADAMAY. Read more »

Housing dep't eyes 6-M housing units under Marcos

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 14 02:39 PM

This is up by 800,000 units yearly from the previous 200,000 annually. Read more »

DHSUD, NCR mayors pinag-usapan ang housing program

Michael Delizo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 04 12:08 PM

Nakipagpulong na ang Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development sa mga alkalde ng Metro Manila para pag-usapan ang tugon sa housing backlog. Read more »

Quake victims to receive emergency shelter assistance

Jervis Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 01 06:08 PM

Victims of the magnitude 7.0 earthquake last week in Luzon will receive emergency shelter assistance from the DHSUD, an official said Monday. Read more »

Marcos picks Jerry Acuzar as new Housing secretary

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 30 10:07 AM

The DHSUD is responsible for ensuring that Filipinos will have 'access to and the affordability of basic human needs,' especially housing. Read more »

Auditors flag DHSUD’s grocery allowance, COVID aid for personnel

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 13 06:26 PM

The COA has questioned the P5.025-million grocery allowance and COVID-19 response assistance given by the housing department to its personnel. Read more »

Odette caused P6B agri damage; over 500,000 houses destroyed

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 28 02:21 PM

Typhoon Odette has caused over P6 billion in damage and losses to the Philippines' agriculture industry 'and counting,' data from the DA released Tuesday showed. Read more »

DBM: Housing, intel funds can't be compared 'apple to apple'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 22 08:02 PM

Funds for housing backlogs and those for intelligence operations cannot be compared "apple to apple," the Department of Budget and Management said Thursday, following criticism from some senators.   Read more »

Housing chief says he 'has done his job' to secure 2021 funding as Drilon scores 'meager' budget

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 22 11:53 AM

Housing Secretary Eduardo del Rosario said Thursday he has "done his job" for his agency's P3.87 billion proposed 2021 budget after senators grilled him for supposedly not fighting for its original spending plan worth P76 billion. Read more »

Tolentino to housing dept: Seek P24B in housing funds from other agencies to boost 2021 budget

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 21 05:42 PM

Sen. Francis Tolentino on Wednesday urged the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) to have all housing-related budgets turned over to the agency to increase its "meager" P3.97-billion funding for 2021. Read more »

Drilon hits Housing chief for allegedly being unprepared to discuss 2021 budget

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 21 08:02 PM

Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Wednesday reprimanded Housing Secretary Eduardo Del Rosario for allegedly coming to a Senate budget hearing unprepared to answer queries from lawmakers. Read more »

P600-B needed over 20 years to finish housing backlog: housing dep't

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 06 07:06 AM

The country's housing department would need P30 billion per year in 20 years, or around P600 billion, to construct 6.57 million houses and finish the backlog in low-cost housing.    Read more »

Lawmakers push for increase in housing budget

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 10 03:08 PM

MANILA - Cagayan de Oro Rep. Rufus Rodriguez on Thursday pushed for an increase in the budget of the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development. Read more »

Senate eyes housing allowance, free living quarters for teachers in rural areas

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 01 11:03 PM

A Senate panel on Wednesday discussed proposals that seek to provide a free on-site living quarters for public schools teachers in far-flung areas to ease the educators' transportation burden. Read more »

20-year Philippine housing strategy in the works

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 11 04:17 PM

A 20-year housing strategy is in the works to address the need of Filipinos for shelter, which expected to balloon to 22 billion units by 2040, the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development said Thursday. Read more »

Human settlement's dept commits P261 million for coronavirus response

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 12 11:31 AM

The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development said Tuesday it is committing P261 million for the government's COVID-19 pandemic response. Read more »