NEWLY appointed Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development Secretary Jose Ramon Aliling on Monday said the Pambansang Pabahay Para sa Pilipino Program (4PH) will continue with improvements, including some modalities.
Aliling said 4PH will now cover horizontal developments, adding that DHSUD will prioritize the preparation of the 4PH guidelines for the projected expansions.
“In doing this, we can expect 4PH numbers to improve significantly,” he said.
He also said he was glad to be back at the DHSUD.
Aliling was a former DHSUD undersecretary designated by the President as successor of outgoing Secretary Jose Rizalino Acuzar.
As the new housing czar, Aliling said he would create a technical working group that includes other stakeholders to study how to streamline all the processes and to put up one-stop shops for housing permits across the regions.
“After we streamline and standardize all the processes, we will push for the implementation of our digitalization program,” he said.
“DHSUD will be fully digitalized before the term of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ends,” Aliling added.
The department’s key shelter agencies, the National Housing Authority, Pag-IBIG Fund, Social Housing Finance Corp. and National Home Mortgage and Finance Corp., along with the Human Settlement Adjudication Board, shall get their act together to resolve pending dispute cases, he said.
