De Venecia to build 500 houses for cops
MANGALDAN—Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr, has announced a national mass housing program for the benefit of policemen and soldiers, and will be launched initially in his own fourth district.
Speaking during the inauguration of the newly renovated Mangaldan Police Station at noon Friday, De Venecia said there will be initial 500 housing units to be built in his own district to be distributed to policemen who are still homeless.
“We will start it in our own district, to be duplicated by other congressmen throughout the country,” he said.
He said he is optimistic that his fellow congressmen will follow suit and housing projects for policemen will soon mushroom in the countryside.
De Venecia said he already discussed the project with PNP chief Police Director General Arturo Lomibao and with Armed Forces chief of Staff General Generoso Senga.
The location for the first project is still being studied by De Venecia in consultation with the municipal executives of Mangaldan, San Fabian, San Jacinto, Manaoag and Dagupan City.
Under the plan, homeless policemen and soldiers will have a chance to own their respective homes which they and their respective families can call as their own.
The project, he said, is envisioned to help solve the big housing backlog in the country today and boost the mass housing program of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
De Venecia also announced that the government is soon creating a Department of Housing to be headed by Vice President Noli de Castro that will spearhead the construction of mass housing projects for homeless Filipinos.
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