Robredo Urges City and Town Governments to Identify Lands for Socialized Housing
Nov 5, 2010
Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse M. Robredo on Friday called on city and municipal mayors nationwide to identify lands in their respective localities that could be used for socialized housing projects. Robredo said identifying possible sites for housing projects had to start with conducting inventory of lands and pinpointing the actual number of project beneficiaries. “This is to further implement the government’s housing program at the local level,” he said. In a memorandum circular, Robredo said the lands to be covered by the inventory would include unregistered or abandoned lands, and residential and government lands, whether owned by the…