Acuzar says EO 34 bolsters 4Ps program

THE Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) on Wednesday said the nationwide implementation of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s Pambansang Pabahay para sa Pilipino Program (4PH) got another boost with the promulgation of the implementing rules and regulations of Executive Order 34.

“Now that we have given details to EO 34, together with the other agencies responsible for it, we can better ensure the smooth running of national housing,” Secretary Jose Rizalino Acuzar said.

“This is a big thing for the success of the national housing and for our countrymen who continue to dream of owning a decent and affordable home,” he added.

The order declared 4PH as a flagship program and called for the inventory of government idle lands appropriate for housing, while its IRRs had been released on April 29 and duly signed by Acuzar, Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Maria Antonia Loyzaga, Interior and Local Government Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. and Land Registration Authority administrator Gerardo Sirios.

Under the IRRs, the roles and responsibilities of these agencies were defined with the DHSUD heading the requirement and collection of the detailed inventory of all available and suitable lands for housing and human settlements from national government agencies, governmentowned and -controlled corporations and local government units.

EO 34 was described as a pro-poor measure that could spell the difference in finally addressing homelessness in the country as it empowered the DHSUD’s rollout of the Pambansang Pabahay.

Acuzar expressed gratitude to the Chief Executive for the order which he said has a direct positive impact to common Filipinos, particularly the informal settler families, who are priority beneficiaries of the 4PH.