MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives committee on housing and urban development on Wednesday approved a resolution declaring a housing crisis in the Philippines.
In a unanimous vote, the panel approved House Substitute Resolution No. 1458, stating a need to declare a housing crisis as there is a need to construct 6,796,920 housing units by 2022.
According to the resolution, the national government and the private sector constructed only 777,879 housing units from July 2016 to June 2020.
Citing data from the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD), there are 1,898,993 informal settler families in the country, with 478,899 informal settler fam…
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