on Thu, 07/20/2017

Focusing on the other “H” in his  METRO 3RD ASENSO –IHELP (infrastructure-health & housing-education & environment-livelihood-policy) PROGRAM, Congressman Alfredo Benitez  initiated an inventory of informal settler families (ISF) and a review of the various housing programs of local government units in the Third District.

Marie June Pavillar Castro, women’s rights advocate, civic leader and former Silay City councilor who was  tasked as District Coordinator for Housing Concerns DCHC), said the initial inventory recorded close to 50,000 informal settler families in Victorias, EB Magalona, Silay, Talisay and Murcia.  As she works closely with the LGUs to assist fast-tracking their housing programs and other related concerns, the listing and mapping of ISFs continue to generate an accurate data-baseline for appropriate interventions and provide relevant inputs to policy initiatives to address the housing backlog and other issues.

By Jovee Marie de la Cruz - APRIL 30, 2017

The chairman of the House Committee on Housing and Urban Development said the government should now tap the help of private sector in addressing the country’s housing problems.

In Photo: A worker looks at the finished cluster of a housing project in Cavite. The row houses will be awarded to the informal settlers of Las Piñas City.

Rep. Alfredo B. Benitez of PDP-Laban Party-list said the government alone cannot solve the worsening housing problems of the Philippines.

Benitez noted that there are idle lands or properties which could be used as sites for government and private-sector socialized housing programs.

Published April 27, 2017, 12:08 AM
by Ben Rosario

Congress will have to exercise its oversight powers to redirect government’s unsatisfactory housing and urban development program that is further threatened by the effects of the so-called Kadamay takeover of housing projects in Bulacan.

Negros Occidental Rep. Alfredo “Albee” Benitez lamented that while a P5-billion annual funding for socialize housing may not be sufficient to address the overall needs of the country, the money appeared to have been directed to implement housing projects that appear to have few takers.

Published April 17, 2017 3:28pm
By ROSE-AN JESSICA DIOQUINO, GMA News

The head of the Housing and Urban Development committee at the House of Representatives on Monday said the recent takeover of urban poor group Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (KADAMAY) of idle housing units in Bulacan showed gaps in the government’s approach toward the country’s housing problem.

Negros Occidental Rep. Alfredo Benitez said they would like to find out if the solution “being provided by the government is effective,” particularly in addressing the issues of affordability and accessibility of the houses it builds for sectors that are supposed to benefit from these.