Gabriela party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas said President Rodrigo Duterte’s Balik-Probinsya Program under Executive Order 114 is “a haphazard and ill-conceived program which aims to conceal the government’s failed social amelioration program and refusal to conduct mass testing.”
“With the Balik-Probinsya Program (BPP), the government is attempting to make poor families disappear from cities without sufficient cash aid and livelihood,” the Makabayan lawmaker said.
Brosas also pointed out that the administration cannot possibly ensure balanced regional development with BPP, as dwelling issues continue to hound the country due to insufficient supply of affordable housing.
The country’s current housing backlog is 3.9 million households. With the average production of housing units of only 200,000 units every year from 2012 to 2030, the backlog would still persist and hit 6.5 million households by 2030, she said.
The government’s 2020 allocated budget for the housing department and its attached agencies is way below the required to address the 6.5 million housing backlog, she added.
Brosas solon said decongesting the metropolis by sending back marginalized families to the provinces downplays the plight of the urban poor.
“The Balik Probinsya Program attempts to hide the fact that the government’s failure to address the housing backlog is one of the reasons why the country is having a hard time containing the coronavirus outbreak,” Brosas said.
“What we need is a long-term response to the coronavirus disease pandemic, and sending the poor to an even more vulnerable setting without healthcare and job opportunities will generate more problems in rural areas,” she said.
“It’s easy to put the blame on high urban density, but what the urban poor really needs right now is affordable, mass housing and healthcare,” Brosas added.
Source: Latest Politics News Today (Politics.com.ph)
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