DHSUD, Pag-IBIG turn over 8,000 houses under Expanded 4PH

MANILA, Philippines —  Officials of the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) and Pag-IBIG Fund inspected and turned over house-and-lot packages in Tarlac yesterday, marking progress in the government’s Expanded Pambansang Pabahay para sa Pilipino Program or 4PH.

DHSUD Secretary Jose Ramon Aliling and Pag-IBIG Fund chief executive officer Marilene Acosta led the inspection of Kaia Homes and Brentwood Residences in Tarlac.

“The Expanded 4PH Program is delivering on President Marcos’ directive to give every Filipino family a real opportunity to own a home. The completed housing units we saw today in Tarlac including homes ready for occupancy show that the program is not just a promise on paper. These are actual homes being built and turned over to Filipino families,” Aliling said.

After inspecting the Brentwood Residences, the officials turned over housing units to borrowers, who purchased homes from the project through a loan with Pag-IBIG.

Earlier, DHSUD and Pag-IBIG officials turned over housing units under the Expanded 4PH in Batangas, Laguna, Nueva Ecija and Pampanga as well as in Bacolod City.

The turnover highlighted  the steady nationwide rollout of the government’s housing program.

Brentwood Residences, developed by Apec Homes, is a 7.4-hectare residential project offering 1,022 townhouses priced from P850,000 to P1.2 million.

Kaia Homes, developed by Citihomes Builder and Development Inc., is a 47.8-hectare development with 7,066 townhouses priced from P999,000 to P1.16 million.

Acosta said that Pag-IBIG Fund’s financing programs work hand in hand with the government’s housing agency to keep homeownership affordable to ordinary Filipino workers.

Similar turnover activities  will be conducted in other provinces as more Expanded 4PH projects are being made available to Filipino families, the DHSUD said.