{"id":230824,"date":"2019-09-13T23:12:49","date_gmt":"2019-09-14T03:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=230824"},"modified":"2019-09-13T23:12:49","modified_gmt":"2019-09-14T03:12:49","slug":"solon-wants-to-streamline-process-for-mass-housing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/09\/13\/solon-wants-to-streamline-process-for-mass-housing\/","title":{"rendered":"Solon wants to streamline process for mass housing"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_230825\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-230825\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/69898574_2424141361008732_4553325826715680768_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-230825\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/69898574_2424141361008732_4553325826715680768_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/69898574_2424141361008732_4553325826715680768_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/69898574_2424141361008732_4553325826715680768_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/69898574_2424141361008732_4553325826715680768_n-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-230825\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In a statement, Angara warned that the national housing backlog would worsen and turn into a national housing crisis if the bureaucratic red tape in government housing agencies is not reduced. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sonnyangara\/photos\/a.327669587322597\/2424141354342066\/?type=3&amp;amp;theater\">File Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sonnyangara\/\">Sonny Angara\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Senator Sonny Angara on Friday pushed for the streamlining and simplifying of the issuance of housing-related clearances and permits through the creation of one-stop processing centers to address the backlog in the construction of settlements for the informal sector.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Angara warned that the national housing backlog would worsen and turn into a national housing crisis if the bureaucratic red tape in government housing agencies is not reduced.<\/p>\n<p>Based on future demand and the current pace of production, the backlog in housing units is forecast to hit 6.6 million by 2022, from 5.5 million in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we can ramp up production by improving the regulatory environment. When there is ease in doing business, financing comes in, and with volume comes affordability,\u201d Angara said.<\/p>\n<p>He said the mandate of several anti-red tape laws should be applied to housing \u201cnot just in national government agencies but also in local governments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The senator particularly cited Republic Act 10884, which requires the establishment of socialized housing one-stop processing centers.<\/p>\n<p>Angara said building a house is a slog through 27 offices, 78 permits, 156 signatures, 373 documents that could last for months.<\/p>\n<p>For socialized or affordable mass housing, pre-construction processing time could last up to 74 months, if it involves land conversion, titling, and financing, he noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore you pour your first pail of cement, you have to follow a long paper trail. And many families do not have the energy for that,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n<p>Angara said government housing officials have reported to him that it normally takes the National Housing Authority 12 to 30 months to get a green light for construction.<\/p>\n<p>For the Social Housing Finance Corporation, the pre-construction processing time for its Community Mortgage Program projects is between 16 to 74 months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 Senator Sonny Angara on Friday pushed for the streamlining and simplifying of the issuance of housing-related clearances and permits &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":230825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-230824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-filane-mikee-cervantes","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230824"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":230826,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230824\/revisions\/230826"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}