By Teresa Montemayor
MANILA – Forty-three informal settler families from five urban poor communities in San Jose del Monte City, Bulacan received their land titles Thursday under the government’s Expanded Pambansang Pabahay para sa Pilipino (4PH) Program.
Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) Secretary Jose Ramon Aliling and Social Housing Finance Corporation (SHFC) President Federico Laxa led the awarding of Transfer Certificates of Title under the Enhanced Community Mortgage Program (ECMP).
The recipients included 11 members of Galahapmai Homeowners Association (HOA), five from BBF Phase 1, eight from BBF Phase 2, 18 from Partida Heights, and one from Policarpio HOA.
The DHSUD said over 5,400 families have benefited from the program since Aliling ordered the revival and enhancement of the Community Mortgage Program upon assuming office last year.
DHSUD Senior Undersecretary Eduardo Robles Jr., San Jose del Monte City Mayor Rida Robes, Rep. Arthur Robes, and other DHSUD, SHFC and city officials also attended the awarding.
Meanwhile, 40 families from four urban poor communities in Muntinlupa City received their land titles from Aliling and Laxa at the DHSUD Central Office Auditorium Thursday, more than 20 years after their loan takeout.
The recipients included 13 beneficiaries from Airspeed Ville HOA, 15 from Planas HOA, seven from Samahang Magkakapitbahay sa Walong Gatang HOA, and five from Bayanan HOA.
Both activities form part of the continued rollout of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s Expanded 4PH Program. (PNA)
