{"id":52400,"date":"2015-06-20T20:08:52","date_gmt":"2015-06-20T12:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=52400"},"modified":"2015-06-21T20:10:33","modified_gmt":"2015-06-21T12:10:33","slug":"solon-wants-mass-housing-for-government-workers-to-be-institutionalized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/06\/20\/solon-wants-mass-housing-for-government-workers-to-be-institutionalized\/","title":{"rendered":"Solon wants mass housing for government workers to be institutionalized"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/shutterstock_257542822.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45911\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/shutterstock_257542822.jpg\" alt=\"shutterstock_257542822\" width=\"1000\" height=\"738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/shutterstock_257542822.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/shutterstock_257542822-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/shutterstock_257542822-900x664.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A lawmaker has filed a bill mandating the local government units (LGUs) to instutionalize \u201cpathways-to-housing schemes\u201d to enable employees from the public sector to own a house.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Winston Castelo (2nd District, Quezon City) said the pathways-to-housing schemes proposed in House Bill 5824 is the government workers\u2019 reward for their hard work.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from a decent and livable wage, \u201creward for work\u201d must include affordable housing, Castelo stressed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndividuals as long as gainfully employed will have the opportunities at their disposal to own a house more so if the whole concept of mass housing for interested and qualified individuals is institutionalized,\u201d Castelo said.<\/p>\n<p>Under the pathways-to-housing schemes, all LGUs throughout the country shall grant their employees low interest or other similar arrangement or repayment terms and conditions in acquiring a house.<\/p>\n<p>The bill, to be known as the Pathways-to-Housing Schemes Act of 2015, hopes to encourage the private sector to adopt the scheme into their corporate social responsibility program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bill proposes that mass housing be part of the mandate of the LGUs and their private sector counterparts as a matter of employee benefits. Whenever practicable, the government may in fact subsidize these innovative schemes with low interests and on the private sector with a similar arrangement or contractual terms,\u201d Castelo said.<\/p>\n<p>Some private companies have already taken the initiative to embark on mass housing for their employees, according to Castelo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeralco villages are a good example of what the company does for its employees,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) have likewise initiated similar housing programs as part of the benefits of their uniformed personnel, Castelo said.<\/p>\n<p>Castelo said that if the schemes will be replicated in all LGUs, the problem of homelessness would be addressed more effectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lawmaker has filed a bill mandating the local government units (LGUs) to instutionalize \u201cpathways-to-housing schemes\u201d to enable employees from &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":45911,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,95,483],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-ph","category-politics","mauthors-press-release-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52400","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=52400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}