Support poured in for the urban poor occupying idle houses in Bulacan.
#OccupyBulacan | Manila-based groups show support for urban poor
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News in Pictures: Government employees defend their jobs, oppose privatization
MANILA — Employees of the National Housing Authority (NHA) are against plans of the Benigno Aquino government to privatize housing services and to create a Department of Housing and Urban Development. NHA employees and urban poor organizations under the Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (Kadamay) have been fighting against moves to privatize public housing and legislative proposals on the same since the year 2000 and since the 9th Congress. (Text by Ina Alleco R. Silverio; Photos courtesy of Consolidated Union of Employees (CUE-NHA) / bulatlat.com)
Proposed Department of Housing promotes homelessness, privatization of public housing
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“Like its predecessors, the Aquino government is abandoning its responsibility to provide social services to its poor constituents … By partnering with the private sector in building public housing, it can be expected that the government will confine its function to that of an enabler which is limited to policy formulation and program monitoring.”
Video Sidebar: North Triangle Resident Refuses Offer to Relocate, Criticizes Government Inaction
Resident Refuses Offer to Relocate
After TRO Stops Demolition, Aquino Orders a Stay to QCBD Implementation
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com NORTH TRIANGLE, Quezon City — President Benigno S. Aquino III has ordered last Friday September 24 to put a stop to the violent demolition of shanties in Sitio San Roque, Barangay Bagong Pag-asa in Quezon City. “He has likewise instructed all authorities to exercise maximum tolerance and is confident…
Salungguhit: Move Over
Move Over
Photo Essay: North Triangle Residents Resist Demolition
Urban Poor Resist Demolition
More Than 6,000 Urban Poor Families Defy Order to Resettle in ‘Mental-ban’
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
The relocation site is right in the middle of the Marikina fault line. There are no livelihood opportunities available and the houses are made of light materials.
Update: Quezon City North Triangle Residents Hold Vigil, Prepare for Demolition Tomorrow
News in Pictures: Quezon City North Triangle Residents Hold Vigil, Prepare for Demolition Tomorrow
Residents of Quezon City North Triangle held a vigil on Wednesday, in preparation for the possible demolition of their homes tomorrow.
Proposed Housing Agency will Worsen the Housing Problem – NHA Union
The proposed Department of Housing and Urban Development (DHUD) is not the answer to the current housing problem in the Philippines: it will even create a monstrous problem: soaring housing prices and land-use conversions that would result to food insecurity. BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA Bulatlat.com Vol. VIII, No. 29, August 24-30, 2008 QUEZON CITY—For employees…