CREBA prez reports on housing reform interventions
The period 2020 to 2023 was busy for the CREBA directorate, marked by relentless pursuit of legislative and institutional reforms crucial not only to the cause of the housing industry, but also the entire economy. Reporting during the Chamber’s general membership meeting and election of directors for the 2024-2026 term, CREBA president Noel “Toti” M. […]
Largest housing industry group identifies priority issues
Inadequate home buyer financing, lack of land, weak incentives for socialized housing and bureaucratic red tape are major housing issues that need to be immediately addressed
Balanced Housing – New Compliance Mode
As an alternative mode of compliance, direct donations to LGUs would be a better replacement for the suspended Housing Escrow Fund mechanism – IF the Chamber’s recommended safeguards against misuse were to be incorporated in the proposed legislation.
Gov’t raises price caps for socialized housing
The government has raised the “outdated” price ceilings for socialized subdivision and condominium projects in a bid to attract private investors to the Marcos administration’s ambitious mass housing program. The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) on Monday said that its head, Jose Rizalino Acuzar, and National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Secretary […]
Industry confab ratifies housing priorities
In the largest gathering of industry players and practitioners seen in the last decade, the real estate and housing sector under the umbrella of the Chamber of Real Estate & Builders’ Associations (CREBA) unanimously endorsed the Chamber’s updated 5-Point Agenda and advocacy priorities. The priorities Convention Resolution No. 02 – ratified during the CREBA’s Golden […]
CREBAns bag honors as Pag-IBIG’s top developers
CREBA member-developers who were commended by the Pag-IBIG Fund as its top performing partner-developers for 2022 received special honors last week during the Chamber’s 2nd Advocacy Forum. They were cited “for being among the country’s top producers of affordable housing, contributing to the government’s 4PH goals and CREBA’s vision of ‘a home for every Filipino’.” […]
