By ROGER M. BALANZA The Philippines’ housing czar wants no less than strong and resilient houses that can withstand typhoons and earthquakes for the country’s homeless poor as the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte vigorously pursues its socialized housing program. … Continue reading DEL ROSARIO WANTS TYPHOON, EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT HOUSING FOR HOMELESS PINOYS
Approves P3.56-B 2020 budget to rebuild Marawi The Department of Budget (DBM) has approved a PHP155.7 million fund for the Social Housing Finance Corporation (SHFC) for the key shelter agency’s shelter program for Marawi City residents who lost their homes … Continue reading DBM OKAYS P155-M FOR SHFC MARAWI REHAB SOCIAL HOUSING
Nat’l housing development, financing bill passage pushed By ROGER M. BALANZA The Social Housing Finance Corporation (SHFC) will play a key role under a proposed Senate bill that aims to decongest MetroManila by luring back people to their provinces. Primarily, … Continue reading SHFC TO PLAY KEY ROLE IN BALIK PROBINSYA PROGRAM
The Social Housing Finance Corporation (SHFC), the housing agency implementing the government’s social housing program, has imposed an austerity measure through budget cuts in its operation for 2020, with the country saddled with huge expense in the fight against the … Continue reading SHFC imposes budget cuts in support of fight vs. COVID-19
A call for spatial and cultural adequacy in housing By Atty. Junefe G. Payot At the launching of the joint housing and livelihood project of the Social Housing Finance Corporation (SHFC) and the United Nations-Habitat (UN-Habitat) for families displaced by … Continue reading SHFC OPINION: The right to adequate housing
THE BALAI VISION By Atty. Junefe G. Payot Whenever I attend the inauguration of our new social housing projects in Mindanao, I always find groups of children milling around as if wanting to join the celebration but wary of the … Continue reading SHFC OPINION: Flexible, Affordable, Inclusive, Responsive (FAIR) housing for Filipinos
The Social Housing Finance Corporation (SHFC) has announced a three-month moratorium on monthly amortizations of its socialized housing loan borrowers amid the economic impact on the borrowers of the novel coronavirus 2019 (Covid-19). The moratorium will be effective from March … Continue reading SHFC: Three-month suspension of socialized housing loan amortizations amid Covid-19 crisis
Human Settlements and Urban Development Secretary Eduardo del Rosario has vowed to provide low-cost housing projects to all Filipinos, serving with integrity and corrupt-free businesses. Marking the first founding anniversary of the newly created Department of Human Settlements and Urban … Continue reading Del Rosario vows affordable, resilient housing units for Pinoys
SOCIAL HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION (SHFC) President Atty. Arnolfo Ricardo Cabling and Magalang, Pampanga Mayor Romulo Pecson sign Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on financing of socialized housing projects of the Magalang Local Government Unit (LGU) on January 23, 2020 at the … Continue reading PHOTONEWS: SHFC, Magalang LGU sign MOU on socialized housing
From resettling to safe homes Informal Settler Families (ISF) in rivers, shorelines and other risk areas, the Social Housing Finance Corporation (SHFC) is going to the ruins of Marawi City to provide low-cost, long-term housing loans to residents who lost … Continue reading SHFC EXPANDS HOUSING LOAN MODALITIES TO 12 SECTORS
