Pag-IBIG expands housing fairs in Luzon, Visayas

Pag-IBIG Fund is continuing its housing fair series in South Luzon and the Visayas to bring more affordable homeownership options closer to Filipino workers and their families.

The South Luzon housing fair is set on April 27 and 28 at the Jose Rizal Coliseum in Calamba City, Laguna.

The Visayas housing fair is scheduled on April 30 and May 1 at the IEC Convention Center Cebu.

Each fair will showcase more than 20,000 housing units from Pag-IBIG Fund partner developers and the agency’s acquired properties for sale.

The events form part of the efforts of the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development and Pag-IBIG Fund under the Marcos administration’s Expanded Pambansang Pabahay para sa Pilipino Program, or Expanded 4PH.

The fairs aim to bring housing supply, affordable financing, and government assistance closer to more Filipinos.

The series follows the earlier Central Luzon leg and forms part of a broader regional rollout of housing fairs intended to make the path to homeownership easier and more accessible.

“We continue to heed the call of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to make decent and affordable housing more accessible to Filipino families through the Expanded 4PH Program,” said DHSUD Secretary Jose Ramon P. Aliling, who also chairs the Pag-IBIG Fund Board of Trustees. “By continuing these housing fairs in South Luzon and the Visayas, Pag-IBIG Fund is bringing together leading private developers, Pag-IBIG Fund’s affordable financing programs, and government assistance in one accessible venue, so that more workers can move from simply hoping for a home to actually taking concrete steps toward owning one.”

The housing fairs will include socialized housing units under the Expanded 4PH Program.

These include Pasinaya Heights in Laguna, where a unit priced at PHP 1.404 million may be purchased at a monthly amortization as low as PHP 2,257.91 in the first year.

The fairs will also feature Asenso Yuhum Residences in Bacolod, where a 24-square-meter condominium unit priced at PHP 1.059 million may be acquired at a monthly amortization as low as PHP 1,703.08 in the first year.

The lower monthly payments are made possible through Pag-IBIG Fund’s Housing Loan Program under Expanded 4PH, which offers a subsidized 3% interest rate for the first five years of the loan term, with a possible extension for another five years for eligible borrowers.

Pag-IBIG Fund is also offering an Early Bird Promo, under which the first 30,000 qualified borrowers may enjoy the same 3% interest rate for the first 10 years of their housing loan.

Pag-IBIG Fund Chief Executive Officer Marilene C. Acosta said the agency’s home loan programs allow low-income and other qualified members, including overseas Filipino workers, to access decent housing at monthly amortizations that are often lower than prevailing rental costs.

She said the housing fairs make homeownership opportunities more accessible by bringing housing options and financing assistance together in one venue.

“Through Pag-IBIG Fund’s affordable housing loan programs, many families may now find that what they would otherwise spend on rent can already be used to start paying for a home they will eventually own,” Acosta said. “This allows members not only to realize possible savings on monthly housing costs, but also to build long-term household stability, equity, and a more secure future. Through these housing fairs, we are making that opportunity more tangible by bringing housing options and financing guidance together in one venue, where members can compare choices and take clearer steps toward homeownership.”