DHSUD urged to raise housing price ceiling

By Maricel V. Cruz

REP Howard Guintu of the Pinuno party-list has urged the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) to raise the price ceiling for socialized housing to attract more developers to take part in socialized housing projects. Guinto said some developers may not be in - terested and willing to invest in socialized housing because they don’t find this project economically viable. even before current administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

“But we have to remember that socialized housing is the need of the majority of our population dahil low-income workers ang karamihan ng labor sector natin,” Guintu, vice chairperson of the House Committee on Housing and Urban Development, said.

It is for this reason that Enverga thinks officials like former DA Secretary William Dar, Mr. Marcos’ predecessor in the department, has some explaining to do.

“Based on the diagram presented by Cong. Stella Quimbo, former Sec. DAR has a lot of explaining to do,” Enverga added.