30,000 housing units to rise in Bulacan

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) will build six housing projects in Bulacan that may generate up to 30,000 shelter units under the Marcos administration’s Pambansang Pabahay para sa Pilipino Housing or 4PH program.

The President attended yesterday the groundbreaking ceremonies for the housing projects at the San Rafael Heights in Barangay Caingin in San Rafael, Rising City in Barangay Gaya-Gaya in San Jose del Monte City and Mom’s Ville Homeowners Association Inc. in Barangay Penabatan in Pulilan.

Groundbreaking ceremonies for the housing projects in Pandi, Guiguinto and Malolos City were attended by DHSUD officials and concerned local government officials.

Nine eight-story buildings will be built with an initial target of 1,890 housing units and a commercial area in San Jose del Monte.

Up to 3,920 residential condominium units will be initially constructed in a seven-hectare land in San Rafael.

At least 4,050 housing units will be constructed in Barangay Pandi, 108 units for municipal government employees of Guiguinto in Barangay Sta. Cruz and 675 units in Barangay Santor in Malolos.

A total of 12,563 housing units will be constructed during the initial phase of the projects.

Marcos: Government to exceed 1 million annual target

The President said the government is likely to exceed its annual target of one million housing units with 1.2 million units now under construction.

Marcos said he is confident the target can be achieved, citing the track record of Human Settlements Secretary Jose Rizalino Acuzar.

“I have a lot of confidence (in Secretary Acuzar) because when he was in the private sector, he really did it. He knows how to do it. I think we just wait for the actual structures to start coming up,” Marcos said.

The administration’s housing program aims to construct one million units annually until 2028 to address the country’s housing backlog estimated at 6.5 million.

The DHSUD is tasked to ensure the alignment of policies, programs and projects of its attached agencies to facilitate the achievement of the program’s objective.

The department has signed more than 130 memoranda of understanding with various local government units in Luzon, the Visayas and Mindanao since the 4PH program was launched in September. – Ramon Efren Lazaro