The proposed budget for the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) next year, representing a mere 0.12-percent of the national budget, will pose a challenge in addressing the 6.57-million housing backlog in the country.

“I hope this can be remedied during the deliberation for budget of all government agencies [because] napakababa talaga ng [it is really low at] 0.12 [percent],” Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) Chairman Eduardo Del Rosario said in an interview with The Manila Times.

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