At least 5,000 residents of Candaba town, this province, will benefit from a housing project under the “Pambansang Pabahay para sa Pilipino Program” (4PH).

Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) Secretary Jose Rizalino Acuzar and Candaba Mayor Rene Maglanque signed Tuesday a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the implementation of the project that will provide decent housing units to qualified beneficiaries.

Maglanque thanked the DHSUD for helping provide decent yet affordable shelters to his constituents.

“Matagumpay pong naisakatuparan ang paglagda ng memorandum of understanding [MOU] sa proyektong Pambansang Pabahay na ipinanukala ng ating Pangulong Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. (The signing of the memorandum of understanding for the Pambansang Pabahay project proposed by our President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. was successfully realized),” the mayor said in an interview on Wednesday.

Acuzar, meanwhile, commended the local government unit of Candaba for the initial housing plan as he assured his all-out support for the realization of the project.

On March 13, the Angeles City government headed by Mayor Carmelo Lazatin Jr. likewise signed an MOU with the DHSUD for the construction of 15,000 housing units.

Under the MOU, the city government of Angeles will provide the land for the project, while the DHSUD will be in charge of its implementation in collaboration with other key agencies.

As of Monday, the DHSUD said a total of 123 MOUs have been signed with various local government units throughout the country since the 4PH program was launched in September last year.

The signing of MOU is the initial step in the 4PH program’s process of constructing and dispensing affordable, accessible, safe and resilient homes to targeted beneficiaries, especially the informal settler families and low-income earners.

The 4PH program envisions the construction of 6.15 million housing units nationwide over the next six years. (PNA)