The Manila Times
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) has sustained the strong gains under the expanded "Pambansang Pabahay para sa Pilipino" (4PH) program during the first quarter of 2026, its top official said on Wednesday. Citing data, DHSUD Secretary Jose said the 4PH – the flagship housing program of the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. - is steadily translating reforms into real outcomes, with the department now focused on scaling up delivery in the coming months. In the first quarter alone, thousands of beneficiaries have been assisted across the country under various modalities of the national housing initiative, Aliling said. In Bulacan, more than 1,000 working-class individuals initially received certificates and symbolic keys for housing units under a development that would generate over 11,000 units and benefit around 30,000 individuals once completed in Sta Maria town, the agency said. In Pampanga, the DHSUD said that over 1,300 individuals moved closer to land ownership under the Enhanced Community Mortgage Program (ECMP), including 397 families from a community in the City of San Fernando. According to the housing czar, at least 271 families in Laguna secured their pathway to land ownership under ECMP while 180 families in Lucena City received Certificates of Entitlement under a presidential proclamation—ending decades of uncertainty in their communities. Rental housing is likewise being rolled out in the University of the Philippines Diliman and Los Baños campuses, as well as in Iloilo and Quezon City, he said. At the same time, more than 10,000 families nationwide have availed of subsidized housing loans with Pag-IBIG Fund’s lowest interest rates of three percent, easing the financial burden of homeownership and making housing more accessible to the working class. “These gains will be sustained and expanded through the program's multiple modalities, including vertical and horizontal housing, rental housing, ECMP, incremental housing, and projects under presidential proclamations, allowing the government to respond to the different needs and capacities of Filipino families,” the DHSUD chief said. He added that DHSUD would continue to work closely with key shelter agencies, other government agencies, and private sector partners to ensure the steady implementation of housing projects nationwide.
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