In Solano, Nueva Vizcaya, Marcos’ Pabahay isn’t for the poor

In Solano, Nueva Vizcaya, Marcos’ Pabahay isn’t for the poor

The Marcos Jr. administration calls it Pambansang Pabahay para sa Pilipino (4PH), a housing program for the poor. But what I saw up close, in my hometown of Solano, Nueva Vizcaya, was far from it. What raised questions weren’t just the rules: It was the way things moved behind the scenes. It was how decisions were made — quietly, by people with more influence than accountability — and how the program, in practice, seemed to leave out the very pe…