The unjustifiably low housing budget of P3.9-billion out of a record P4.2-trillion budget, a point raised by Cagayan de Oro City Second District Rep. Rufus Rodriguez, could be part of a disaster in the making.  There are sudden disasters like a tsunami or a pandemic, and there are slow-brewing ones that start out invisible until the damage manifests such as climate change or excess exposures that develop into cancer. Housing issues, like social disparities, can build into social volcanoes, or they can be managed into becoming catalysts of a dynamic society.  The current low housing budget is just another manifestation of existing disabilities in our overall national logic, system of allocations, use of talent and political processes.

Negative budget, not reduced budget

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