At least 4,000 informal settler-families (ISFs) stand to benefit from a housing project in Tanauan City, Batangas under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s Pambansang Pabahay para sa Pilipino Program.
Housing Secretary Jose Rizalino Acuzar and Tanauan City Mayor Nelson Collantes signed a memorandum of understanding, and kicked off a groundbreaking ceremony at the proposed project site in Barangay Sambat.
The project is the first in Batangas under the President’s housing program designed to address the country 6.5 million housing backlog.
The Tanauan project consists of 16 medium-rise buildings.
The site is strategically located near the New Tanauan city hall, the downtown, the trading post and STAR Tollway to provide beneficiaries with easy access to jobs and livelihood opportunities.
Acuzar stressed that having aligned efforts between the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development and the local government units is key to ensuring the housing program’s success.
The Marcos administration’s flagship housing program aims to address the housing gap by building one million housing units per year in the next six years. Rio N. Araja