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March 06, 2008 Thursday [ journal.com.ph ]

House to pass bill on 1M houses in 5 years

THE House committee on housing has sought the immediate approval of a consolidated bill, which seeks to boost government efforts to solve the country’s housing problem by building one million houses within five years.

Rep. Rodolfo Valencia (1st District, Oriental Mindoro), committee chair, said they are presently tackling four complimentary legislative measures directed towards addressing the current backlog of 1.2 million housing units and the projected demand of another 2.5 million houses, > > > [ read more ]
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