The Adrian City Commission recently learned there should not be any repercussions to the city after a housing grant application was signed in error this fall.
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has only been in power for seven months, but House Speaker Martin Romualdez says that the former's commitment to ensure affordable housing to Filipinos has already "borne fruit".
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left) and President Ferdinand
MANILA - House of Representatives Speaker Martin G. Romualdez on Tuesday expressed optimism that President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.'s target of building six million housing units during his six-year administration is attainable. "Our target: one million housing units every year. This is an ambitious target, but I am very confident we can achieve this through our unity in purpose and the cooperation of all stakeholders in the program," Romualdez said during the unveiling and groundbreaking of the Legacy Housing Project of the Marcos administration in Batasan Hills, Quezon City. Local officials call the project "Bagong Bliss para sa Mamamayan ng Quezon City" which is part of the President's Pambansang Pabahay para sa Pilipino Program. The project is reminiscent of the BLISS (Bagong Lipunan Improvement of Sites and Services) holistic housing program of the President's mother, former First Lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos, when she was minister of human settlemen