Bi±an city: Low-income workers, housewives, and delivery riders have credited the Expanded Pambansang Pabahay para sa Pilipino (4PH) Program for transforming their lives, ending decades of housing insecurity with guaranteed land tenure and affordable vertical homeownership. The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) on Friday highlighted the grassroots impact of the program following successive milestones in Laguna, which provided long-term stability to thousands of families.
According to Philippines News Agency, DHSUD Secretary Jose Ramon Aliling, alongside Social Housing Finance Corporation (SHFC) President Federico Laxa and Pag-IBIG Fund CEO Marilene Acosta, reaffirmed that the state is shifting its focus toward building comprehensive, resilient urban ecosystems. The construction of the residential units is part of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.'s Expanded 4PH Program to provide decent, safe, and permanent homes for low-income families.
For the beneficiaries in Bi±an City, the government-backed land acquisition put an end to 30 years of constant displacement anxieties. Dreamland Home Owners Association President Freddie Arollado recounted how the community turned emotional upon learning that state funding had finally validated their land ownership, expressing joy and relief among the members.
Jimmy Rodelas, a factory worker who occupied the Dreamland property for 25 years, echoed the sentiment, describing the awarding as the realization of a lifelong dream. Delivery rider Luis Nasayao shared his appreciation for having permanent roots, allowing him to confidently build a future.
In Cabuyao City, the Expanded 4PH program opened a viable path toward condominium ownership for minimum-wage earners who previously found traditional real estate prices completely out of reach. Rizalina Magundayao, a housewife, noted that the state-subsidized project broke her grueling cycle of renting, providing her with stability and security.
Abegail Candor, a local production operator, and Grace Page, a logistics worker, both emphasized that the low monthly amortization schemes transformed their family dynamics by stopping the constant transferring of their children from school to school due to erratic rental spikes. Small business owner Paulo Baroro even likened the modern condo setup to overseas standards, highlighting the safety and affordability of the housing.
On Wednesday, 182 members of the Dreamland HOA Inc. in Barangay Tubigan, Bi±an City, legally secured the land they had occupied for over three decades through the Enhanced Community Mortgage Program, a key modality of the Expanded 4PH implemented by the SHFC. Meanwhile, family-beneficiaries formally took over their brand-new units at Pasinaya Heights in Barangay Baclaran, Cabuyao City, on Thursday. The development is slated to shelter roughly 8,000 individuals upon full occupancy.
