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‘Balansehin ang pabahay program para maiwasan ang malaking utang’ — Cayetano

HINIMOK ni Senador Alan Peter Cayetano ang administrasyon na magtakda ng makatotohanang target na bilang ng ipapatayong pabahay sa ilalim ng national housing program.

Aniya, kaakibat ito dapat ng sapat na pagpaplano para hindi magkaroon ng napakalaking utang.

Inihayag ito ni Cayetano kasunod ng isinagawang Senate briefing nitong September 3, 2024 hinggil sa panukalang 2025 budget ng Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD), na siyang nagpapatupad ng Pambansang Pabahay Para sa Pilipino (4PH) program.

Punto niya, dahil nakaasa sa sovereign guarantee ang programa, kailangan siguraduhin ng DHSUD na hindi ito nagtatayo ng higit sa makakaya.

Sa ilalim ng sovereign guarantee, ang gobyerno ang sasalo sa uutangin ng National Housing Authority (NHA) at ng Social Housing Financing Corporation (SHFC) para sa programa sakaling hindi ito mabayaran.
“We want every Filipino family to have a roof over their heads. Pero kung magkakautang naman ang gobyerno nang sobra-sobra, babalik lang din sa kababayan natin — sa taxpayers — ang burden,” aniya.

Nitong Hulyo, umabot na sa P15.689 trillion ang utang ng bansa, ayon sa Bureau of Treasury (BTr).

Bilang alternatibo, hinimok ni Cayetano ang DHSUD na magtakda ng bilang ng housing unit na kaya lang talagang saluhin ng gobyerno.

“A clear, achievable plan will not only help manage the budget more effectively but also ensure that we make real progress towards meeting our housing needs,” wika niya.

Dagdag niya, ang pabagu-bagong housing target ng departamento ay senyales na masyadong mataas para sa kapasidad ng gobyerno ang ambisyon ng programa, na nagsimula sa 6 million housing units noong 2022 bago naging 1.2 – 3.2 million nitong Agosto.

Sa pagdinig, sinabi ni DHSUD Secretary Jose Rizalino Acuzar na ang pinakabagong target ay “realistic” na. Gayunpaman, kinumpirma niyang 162,000 units lamang ang matatapos sa katapusan ng 2025.

“That leaves us with more than 3 million units unfinished. Meaning, to deliver on the program’s promise, we have to construct more than 1 million units yearly,” wika ni Cayetano.

“Let’s just be truly realistic and honest with ourselves about the number of housing units so that we can work on an appropriate budget. None of us want to give our kababayan false hope,” dagdag niya.

Nauna na ring binigyang-diin ni Cayetano kay Acuzar ang kahalagahan ng masusing pagdidisenyo ng plano ng 4PH para epektibong matupad ng departamento ang layunin nitong mabigyan ng tahanan ang mga minimum wage earner.

“If that (housing for all minimum wage earners) is true, I love that. But economics has to work for everyone,” pahayag niya noong August 14 sa briefing ng Senate Committee on Finance hinggil sa Proposed 2025 National Expenditure Program. (UnliNews Online)

Manny D. Balbin
Manny D. Balbinhttp://unlinews.org
Emmanuel "Manny" Dineros Balbin, founder and editor-in-chief of UNLINEWS ONLINE and UNLINEWS Digital Newspaper, is a former seminarian of Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) in Notre Dame University Seminary in Cotabato City. Graduated college with Philosophy and Political Science courses at the University of Santo Tomas, Legazpi City. A former Journal Group of Publication (People's Journal, People's Tonight, Taliba & Women's Journal) staffer for 17 years. Before, he simultaneously contributed news articles to 3 local newspapers in Bulacan (NewsCore, MetroNews & NewsWatcher). He is the founder and the former editor-in-chief of RONDA Balita, both in weekly newspaper and online news. A former Kabayan provincial reporter, 2010 Bulacan election correspondent by Rappler and presently, a stringer of Philippine News Agency (PNA) Bulacan.
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