CREBA VisMin confab musters support for gov’t housing goals

THE Chamber of Real Estate & Builders’ Associations, Inc. (CREBA) has mustered the support of government and private sector stakeholders to attain its vision of “a home for every Filipino” through the staging of its first Visayas-Mindanao Regional Housing and Real Estate Conference and Expo from April 26 to 28, 2023 at the SM Trade Hall in General Santos City.

The event drew the attendance of real estate and housing players from various regions eager for updates and insights on major growth drivers that will help propel the property sector to a strong rebound and recovery while pursuing dialogues with local government units as well as planning and urban development authorities to achieve the needed reforms in support of President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.’s shelter plans for the country.

The three-day confab is one of the major activities in the lead-up to the CREBA golden jubilee which will culminate with a national convention, housing expo and gala awards night from September 26 to 28, 2023 at the SMX Convention Center and Conrad

Hotel in Pasay City.

Founded in 1973 by Atty. Manuel M. Serrano and leading stalwarts of the property industry, CREBA is the Philippine umbrella organization of the real estate and housing industry composed of property developers, builders, contractors, suppliers and manufacturers of construction materials and other professionals and entities engaged in about 70 allied fields. It has recently strengthened its foothold in the VISMIN region by establishing new chapters in various parts of the Davao, Surigao, Misamis and Agusan regions.

At the heart of the conference discussion themes were CREBA’s aspirations for the homeless sector embodied in its five-point agenda for housing covering shelter finance, land access and governance.

According to national president Noel Toti M. Cariño, these agenda have been drafted into various bills and policy proposals to either amend, rationalize, streamline or beef up existing laws and policies to help achieve a housing production rate of at least 500,000 units