BACOLOD City – Negros Occidental third district Rep. Albee Benitez is being considered to head the newly formed Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD).
Benitez told reporters here on April 7,2019 that he was informed by former President and now House Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo that he is being eyed for the position.
Benitez is on his last term as congressman and declined to run for governor in the 2019 elections to pave the way for a united ticket in the province.
Benitez was the main author of the bill that created the DHSUD in the House while Senator JV Ejercito sponsored the Senate version.
The DHSUD will combine the administrative functions of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) and the planning and regulatory functions of the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB).
The National Human Settlements Board will exercise the powers and functions of the attached agencies regarding policy and program development.
“The Department will act as the primary national government entity responsible for the management of housing and urban development. There will be a formulation and implementation of a more coherent and holistic plan for the housing sector,” Ejercito said.
He said the Philippines’ housing backlog in 2018 is more than two million and it is projected to balloon to 6,571,387 by the end of 2022.
The Department will be tasked to assist the local government units (LGUs) in the utilization of the socialized housing tax and other sources of funds for housing which shall be exclusively used for new settlement projects.
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