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'Libo-libong trabaho maaaring mawala sa bagong housing dep't'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 22 07:51 PM

Hindi rin daw kinonsulta ang mga labor union group ng National Housing Authority ukol sa pagtatatag ng bagong ahensiya. Read more »

Duterte signs law creating new housing department

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 19 07:53 PM

Under the new law, the government will establish Housing One-Stop Processing Centers to centralize the processing and issuance of all required housing-related permits, clearances, and licenses. Read more »

Former Abu Sayyaf fighters get housing in Basilan

Leizel Lacastesantos, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 17 10:58 AM

At least 40 housing units were turned over Saturday to former Abu Sayyaf fighters in Tipo-Tipo town, Basilan.   Read more »

Starting from scratch

Jire Carreon, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 29 04:41 PM

A resident of Talayan Village in Quezon City sifts thru the wreckage to salvage what is left of her family's belongings on Tuesday after a fire that hit the neighborhood the previous night. Read more »

Kadamay protest

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 07 03:12 PM

Members of Kadamay protest in front of the National Housing Authority in Quezon City on Monday, accusing the agency of neglect in providing indigents with unused government housing under a joint resolution approved last May 2018.  Read more »

Marawi rehab team, papanagutin sa paggiba sa ilang bahay

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 19 10:02 PM

Balak kasuhan ng ilang residente sa Marawi ang contractor, Task Force Bangon Marawi, at ang National Housing Authority matapos gibain ang kanilang mga bahay.  Read more »

Palace says housing exec sacked due to extortion

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 26 06:37 PM

Former Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council Secretary-General Falconi Millar was removed from his post after being accused of extortion, the President's spokesman said Monday.  Read more »

Makabagong konsepto ng bahay kubo, wagi sa int'l competition

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 24 12:09 AM

Sustainable umano ang disenyo dahil puwedeng ipunin ang tubig-ulan at ibang waste material para gawing renewable energy. Read more »

HUDCC exec Falconi Millar, sinibak ni Duterte

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 23 02:13 AM

Sinibak sa puwesto ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte si Secretary General Falconi Millar ng Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council. Read more »

Pinoy-designed bamboo house wins top prize in future cities contest

Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Nov 22 10:56 PM

BANGKOK - The creator of a low-cost house made of bamboo to tackle the chronic shortage of affordable housing in the Philippine capital has won a top international prize to design future cities in a rapidly urbanizing world. Read more »

Duterte sacks HUDCC sec-gen

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 22 06:34 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte has fired Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) Secretary-General Falconi Millar due to allegations of corruption, the Palace said Thursday.   Read more »

'Mga nagpabaya' sa Yolanda housing, pinakakasuhan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 20 10:21 PM

Naglaan ng higit P852 milyon na pondo ang pamahalaan para sa housing projects pero wala pang kahit isang housing unit ang natitirhan, base sa ulat ng Commission on Audit. Read more »

COA recommends charges vs NHA officials over unfinished Yolanda housing projects

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 12 10:26 PM

The Commission on Audit recommended the filing of charges against officials of the National Housing Authority over unfinished shelters that were meant to be used by survivors of supertyphoon Yolanda. Read more »

'Mabagal na rehabilitasyon' idinaing ng Yolanda survivors

Jenette Ruedas at Gigi Grande, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 08 10:20 PM

Limang taon matapos manalasa ang bagyong Yolanda, idinadaing pa rin ng mga survivor ang umano ay mabagal na rehabilitasyon. Read more »

5 years after Yolanda: How do you weather-proof the Philippines?

Arlene Burgos, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 30 10:53 PM

The Philippines yearly has about 20 typhoons, many of them destructive. How can the country protect itself from storm surges, rain-induced landslides and flooding? A geologist thinks he has the answer. Yolanda’s Ground Zero may just be trying it out.  Read more »

Night and day with the dead

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 29 09:14 PM

Locals paint a tomb as informal settlers look on at the Manila North Cemetery in Manila on Monday.  Read more »

Compromise deal inked over Arroyo housing proclamation

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 21 04:10 PM

MANILA - Cebu City and the provincial Capitol signed Sunday a compromise agreement seeking to end a 15-year-old land dispute that was triggered by House Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's proclamation on socialized housing when she was still president. Read more »

Danish firm Connovate forays into PH affordable housing sector

Cathy Yang, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 15 04:59 PM

Danish conglomerate Connovate has forayed into the Philippine construction scene using a technology that could help build “more refined” affordable housing. Read more »

The ‘Live Work Play’ guide to urban survival: Filinvest City edition

Philip Cu Unjieng
Updated as of Oct 08 04:55 PM

If the mantra of "Eat Pray Love" was a guide to inner peace and personal fulfilment, then "Live Work Play" would be the chant here in Metro Manila for making one's urban life both rational and sensible. Read more »

Bangayan nina Richard Gomez, NHA sa pabahay, tumindi pa

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 02 11:17 PM

Tumitindi pa ang alitan sa pagitan nina Ormoc City Mayor Richard Gomez at ng National Housing Authority ukol sa umano ay mababang kalidad ng mga kagamitan sa isang housing project. Read more »