Republic Cement Celebrates Six Years of Tahanan Ko Affordable Housing Initiative
The Philippines currently has a housing backlog estimated at 6.7 million homes. In addition to this backlog, thousands of families are displaced yearly due to natural calamities as well as conflict in regions such as in Mindanao. The housing backlog is expected to surge to 12.3 million homes by 2030. In order to address this backlog, over 1,000 homes need to be constructed daily between 2016 and 2021. Since November 2013, Republic Cement’s Tahanan Ko Program has provided low-