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LOOK: Temporary home for Taal ‘pulo’ evacuees

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 01 06:24 AM

Batangueños displaced from Taal Volcano Island can have a place they can call home, even for a while. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: January 31, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 01 12:54 AM

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Taal evacuees find new home

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 31 11:00 PM

A man who left behind his home in Taal Volcano Island prepares to move in temporarily to a government housing project in Ibaan town, Batangas on Friday. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: January 29, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 30 05:10 AM

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One last look at home

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 29 04:10 PM

Ernesto Vergara, in a green shirt, looks on as neighbors help him gather what they can from his home in Brgy Alas-as in Taal Volcano Island on Thursday. Read more »

Isko on 2020 focus: Tondominium, reviving Manila

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 07 11:12 AM

MANILA - Manila Mayor Isko Moreno on Tuesday said the city government will be moving forward with its social amelioration programs, 6 months after he took over as mayor.  Read more »

Pag-IBIG Fund services now accessible online

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 12 11:49 PM

State-run housing mutual fund Pag-IBIG launched its virtual platform, making its services accessible online.  Read more »

Pag-IBIG approves contribution hike

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 26 11:02 PM

State-run housing mutual fund Pag-IBIG has approved an increase in members' contribution rates for the first time in more than 3 decades. But some labor groups believe the initial P50 hike is not enough. Read more »

Ignoring peril, Yolanda survivors rebuild homes on sites of ruin

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 07 03:58 PM

Living in resettlement homes presents new hardships for survivors of Yolanda, one of the world's most powerful and deadliest storms. Read more »

Apple offers $2.5B to address California housing crisis

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 04 10:57 PM

Apple said Monday it would commit $2.5 billion over the next two years to help address the shortage of affordable housing in California and reduce homelessness.   Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: October 31, 2019

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Posted at Oct 31 11:09 PM

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Opposing relocation

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 31 09:02 PM

Residents of Katuparan housing project in Vitas, Tondo light candles during a protest opposing their impending relocation on Thursday. Read more »

Facebook devotes $1 billion to affordable housing in US

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 23 04:51 AM

SAN FRANCISCO, United States—Facebook said Tuesday it was devoting $1 billion during the coming decade in affordable housing, most of it in its home state of California. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: October 17, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 18 01:32 AM

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Overlooking

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 17 06:52 PM

A child living in an informal settlers community in Agham Road, Quezon City occupies his time by playing with a plastic bag on Thursday as a high-rise condominium looms overhead. Read more »

Crowded Hong Kong goes underground to overcome land crunch

Rina Chandran, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Oct 17 08:47 AM

From Singapore to sub-Saharan Africa, the world's cities are fast running out of space to house their swelling populations. Read more »

For ground zero IDPs in Marawi, there’s no going back

Luz Rimban, Agenda for Hope Project, Ateneo de Manila University
Posted at Oct 16 09:02 PM

Construction workers are clearing the area that was the main battleground between government forces and extremist rebels, carting away the debris of a war that hogged international headlines two years ago.   Read more »

2 years after bloody siege, Marawi 'physical' rehabilitation to start

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 16 08:07 PM

Two years after the end of the bloody siege launched by Islamic State-linked militants that caused massive destruction of life and properties in Marawi City, the government announced the start of its rehabilitation. Read more »

San Juan City to build high-rise, in-city housing for informal settlers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 16 12:12 AM

The new mayor of San Juan City is addressing the issue of informal settlers without driving them out of his city. Read more »

Duterte anti-corruption body eyes raps vs 12 NHA officials over Yolanda housing

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 09 04:02 PM

MANILA - The Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) recommended Wednesday the filing of criminal and administrative complaints against 12 housing officials over alleged anomalies in resettlement projects for survivors of Super Typhoon Yolanda in 2013, the country's deadliest storm. Read more »