On-site housing for informal sector urged

Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero has vowed to push for an on-site resettlement program for thousands of informal settler families (ISFs) in Metro Manila so that they will no longer have to be relocated in areas outside the region where livelihood opportunities are scarce.

Since around 70 percent of the estimated 3,000 hectares occupied by ISFs are owned by the government, Escudero said medium-rise residential buildings can be built on these lands for “squatter” families.