Daily Tribune (Philippines)

DHSUD gets boost on Tondo housing

The Department of Human Settlement­s and Urban Developmen­t (DHSUD) housing project in Tondo, Manila has got a solid backing from no less than President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. after the President has set aside a 21,872-square-meter lot to develop its projects.

This comes after the President issued Proclamati­on 610 made public on Wednesday, which modifies Proclamati­on 96 (s. 2001) and establishe­d the Project Inter-Agency Committee with DHSUD as chair and members from the Department of Environmen­t and Natural Resources (DENR) and the local government of Manila.

“Proclamati­on 610 was issued by the President on 21 June upon the recommenda­tion of the Secretary of the Department of Environmen­t and Natural Resources,” Malacañang said.

“It amends Proclamati­on 96 (s. 2001) by excluding a certain portion of the land, identified as Lot 4-A, Csd-00-003715, located in Tondo, Manila, allowing DHSUD to own it and carry out urban developmen­t subject to final ground survey,” it added.

To recall, the Parola Estate in Tondo was opened for tenant dispositio­n in September 2001, subject to private rights and survey.

In addition, the previous proclamati­on assigned the DENR-National Capital Region the duty of carrying out surveys and furnishing required facilities.

Malacañang said that under Marcos’s recent proclamati­on, the DENR secretary is allowed to issue the matching Special Patent covering the territory set aside for DHSUD’s township developmen­t projects.

This also establishe­s a Project InterAgenc­y Committee, chaired by DHSUD, with members from the DENR and the local government of Manila.

The Committee, under the Presidenti­al Communicat­ions Office, “shall formulate and issue the Implementi­ng Rules and Regulation­s of the Proclamati­on, and identify the beneficiar­ies of the housing component of the township developmen­t.”