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The Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) will hold two Housing Fairs, at the Rizal Park, Manila and in Kawit, Cavite as part of the celebration of the 110th anniversary of Philippine Independence.

The Araw ng Kalayaan 2008 Housing Fairs will run from June 10 to 12 at the Rizal Park and from June 12 to 13 in Cavite. The latter will be held at the Freedom Park across the Aguinaldo Shrine.

Thousands of foreclosed housing units from the inventories of Pag-IBIG Fund, Home Guaranty Corporation (HGC), National Home Mortgage Finance Corporation (NHMFC), Bangko Sentral, Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) and Social Security System (SSS) are offered for sale at reasonable prices and terms during the fairs.

The housing units are available through housing loans at interest rates as low as 6 percent per annum, or with discounts ranging from 10 to 20 percent for cash buyers.

Several private developers will also participate to showcase their housing projects.

HUDCC Chairman Vice President  Noli “Kabayan” De Castro will open the Cavite Housing Fair on June 12 after the Independence Day flag raising ceremony at the Aguinaldo Shrine, to be held simultaneously with the celebration in Rizal Park led by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.

The Vice President will be joined by Cavite Governor Erineo “Ayong” Maliksi, Kawit Mayor Reynaldo Aguinaldo and other local officials.

This is the sixth time HUDCC will be holding a Housing Fair since the first one at the Glorietta Mall, Makati in October 2006.

“The Housing Fair in Kawit is our Independence Day offering to the people of Cavite,” De Castro said.

“There is a different kind of battle that our country is fighting today—the battle against homelessness. But with the continuing support and cooperation of the local government units, we can provide decent and affordable homes to our people and win this battle,” he added.

The Provincial Government of Cavite under Governor Maliksi will be developing a 53-hectare housing project in Gen. Trias, Cavite. Dubbed Pamayanang Maliksi, the project has received 3,353 applications, mostly from families in Gen. Trias, Bacoor, Dasmariñas and from provincial government employees.

After opening the Housing Fair, the Vice President will proceed to Trece Martires to lead a Bigasan and Bagsakan of prime commodities as well as a medical mission at the National Housing Authority Southville 2 Resettlement Site.