Housing department assures unhampered operations

SERVICE CONTINUITY. #DHSUD OIC Assistant Secretary Melissa Aradanas convenes the Department’s Management Committee to discuss existing and future plans and programs on human settlements and urban development on Friday. (Photo: Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development/Facebook)

MANILA – The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) assured unhampered operations in the housing sector despite impending personnel movement in the coming days.

The DHSUD announced Friday that Assistant Secretary Melissa Aradanas would be the officer in charge under Memorandum Circular 1 from the Office of the President dated June 30, “Declaring Vacant Certain Positions in the Departments, Offices, Agencies and Bureaus in the Executive Department and Fixing Rules Therefore to Ensure Continuous and Effective Delivery of Service”.

Aradanas will perform and discharge the duties and responsibilities of DHSUD chief until July 31, or until a replacement has been appointed or designated, whichever comes first.

To ensure the continuity of the DHSUD’s services, she has convened the agency’s management committee to discuss all the existing programs and plans of the agency.

Members of the committee were directed to craft a briefer on the housing sector’s services and existing policies, which will be presented to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in the next Cabinet meeting.

The briefer will be used to guide the next appointed heads and set a direction for the various programs and plans for the housing sector.

Former DHSUD secretary Eduardo del Rosario previously expressed confidence that the agency’s hard work would not go to waste and would be continued by the incoming leadership.

Del Rosario said he believes that the housing sector remains in good hands under the staying officials.