Intensifying effort to solve Philippine housing problems

This year, CREBA is intensifying its pursuit of solving the 5.5-million national housing backlog, which reportedly threatens to balloon to 6.5 million units by 2030 if supply and access fail to cope with the consistent rise in demand.  Topping CREBA’s priorities is its advocacy and vision of “A Home for every Filipino.” To achieve this, […]

CREBA’s 5-point Agenda for Housing

For now until the end of this year, the Chamber of Real Estate & Builders’ Associations, Inc. or CREBA trains its focus on key legislative issues that seek to address the totality of the Philippine housing situation. CREBA’s five-point agenda for housing encompasses the following major areas of concern:   Long-term and affordable funds for Socialized […]

Local Housing Boards Bill

We hope that the last 2 issues of this column have fuelled the real estate sector’s and the reading public’s interest to await this third edition. After all, we promised you there will be at least four in this series of housing-related bills for which CREBA has submitted its proposals for the attention of our […]

Local Housing Boards: Another Bureaucratic Layer?

Among the many bills on housing and real estate pending in the legislature are several versions mandating the creation of Local Housing Boards in all cities, including first to third class municipalities, all over the country. To say the least, real estate developers are often left alone to contend with the tedious and expensive process […]