14 September 2005
SP okays P8M housing trust fund
LINGAYEN – The low-cost housing and resettlement programs of the provincial government got a much-needed boost after the sangguniang panlalawigan approved an ordinance creating the Pangasinan Housing Trust Fund.
Authored by Board Member Emmanuel Caracho, the trust fund is expected to generate initially some P8 million which will ensure continuous funding for socialized housing projects of the provincial government.
One of the top priority programs of Gov. Victor E. Agbayani is to provide low-cost shelters to employees, market vendors, drivers, policemen, and those belonging to marginalized sectors of the community.
The governor has also expanded its resettlement program to facilitate the relocation of squatters occupying public lands, especially along the Lingayen Gulf coast.
Last August 18, Vice President Noli de Castro, who heads the National Housing and Urban Development Council, distributed certificates of lot entitlement to the beneficiaries of the third phase of the governor’s Lingayen Gulf Resettlement Project in barangay Pangapisan here.
Engr. Alvin Bigay, head of the Pangasinan Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Office, said the trust fund will be sourced from the proceeds of the sale of underdeveloped land in barangay Maniboc here, including proceeds from the resettlement project. (Donna F. Domagas/PIO)
Authored by Board Member Emmanuel Caracho, the trust fund is expected to generate initially some P8 million which will ensure continuous funding for socialized housing projects of the provincial government.
One of the top priority programs of Gov. Victor E. Agbayani is to provide low-cost shelters to employees, market vendors, drivers, policemen, and those belonging to marginalized sectors of the community.
The governor has also expanded its resettlement program to facilitate the relocation of squatters occupying public lands, especially along the Lingayen Gulf coast.
Last August 18, Vice President Noli de Castro, who heads the National Housing and Urban Development Council, distributed certificates of lot entitlement to the beneficiaries of the third phase of the governor’s Lingayen Gulf Resettlement Project in barangay Pangapisan here.
Engr. Alvin Bigay, head of the Pangasinan Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Office, said the trust fund will be sourced from the proceeds of the sale of underdeveloped land in barangay Maniboc here, including proceeds from the resettlement project. (Donna F. Domagas/PIO)
