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LGUs told to gear up as gov't kicks off Marcos' flagship housing program

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Joey O. Razon, PNA/file" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/news/07/03/07022023-president-ferdinand-r-marcos-jr-inspects-housing-project.jpg"/><figcaption>President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. inspects a housing project under the Pambansang Pabahay sa Pilipino program in San Fernando, Pampanga on July 3, 2023. Joey O. Razon, PNA/file</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA — The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has ordered local government units (LGUs) to identify informal settler families in their areas eyed as beneficiaries of President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. &#x27;s flagship housing program.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/19/23/construction-of-12-m-housing-units-underway-marcos-jr">Construction of 1.2-M housing units underway, says Marcos Jr.</a></li></ul>The Pabahay Para sa Pilipino (4PH) Program, launched in September 2022, &quot;aims to build one million housing units annually until 2028 to address the country&#x27;s 6.5 million housing backlog.&quot;In their first Metro Manila Council (MMC) meeting this year, DILG Secretary Benhur Abalos said the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) and other government agencies are already identifying lands to be used as &quot;staging areas&quot; to prevent the displacement of families during the &quot;transition period.&quot;The staging areas, which could be government or private properties and idle lands, will serve as temporary residential spaces for chosen informal settler families during the construction of the housing units.“Kapalit ng konting discomfort sa isa or dalawang taon ay isang bahay na talagang matatawag niyong inyo at meron ding titulo,” Abalos said.In Metro Manila alone, 170,000 housing units spanning across 55 projects are projected to be constructed, Abalos said.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/03/23/housing-czar-says-to-deliver-100000-units-by-2024">Housing czar says to deliver 100,000 units by 2024</a></li></ul>“Ang isang panaginip ng bawat Pilipino ay isang bahay. Now, we have the President’s flagship housing program. Hindi ba’t maganda na dito sa kalakhang Maynila, may pabahay din tayo?” he said.The housing department said it aims to build 1 million housing units annually until the end of Marcos’ term in 2028 to address the country’s housing backlog.In April 2023, the President said his administration is currently building 1.2 million housing units.

Chosen beneficiaries will be housed in temporary 'staging areas' during the 'transition period' or construction of the new housing units.