Owning a house is the fulfillment of a dream for many Filipinos, including the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) whom we consider the Bagong Bayani due to their willingness to sacrifice their happiness by living and working away from home just to be able to give their families a better, brighter future. It’s the “ultimate dream” that works just as well as a long-term investment that doesn’t depreciate in value over time.
However, being an OFW and earning more than the average Filipino does not automatically guarantee OFWs the ability to buy a house or invest in real estate. More often than not, they end up barely making ends meet, especially for those with big families.
With this in mind, the National Housing Authority (NHA), a government agency responsible for public housing programs in the Philippines, partnered with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to help improve the quality of life of the migrant Filipino workers by offering a way to achieve their dream of owning a house. Through their newest program aptly named Tahanan ng Bagong Bayani, the Philippine government, through the NHA, offers OFWs the chance to avail low-cost, high-quality housing in various places in the Philippines.
In this article, we will walk you through the complete steps to apply and avail of this affordable housing program that the NHA is offering the OFWs. We also listed everything that you would need to know – from the complete requirements and qualifications to the full application process, along with the answers to some of the questions that you may ask about the program, Tahanan ng Bagong Bayani.
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The National Housing Authority’s Tahanan ng Bagong Bayani (NHA-TBB) is the NHA’s newest housing program aimed at providing affordable housing for OFWs. This project is an extension of NHA’s Government Employees Housing Program (GEHP) directed towards OFWs instead of government employees. It aims to even out the playing field for OFWs who weren’t lucky enough to inherit properties, allowing them to buy their own house and increasing their motivation to work abroad.
Created in partnership with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), the NHA-TBB, like the NHA-GEHP, is implemented under the Agency’s Community Based Initiative Approach (CBIA) designed to build on the community’s initiative and the participation of families/agencies through their Community Association.
The program features enhanced housing design and different housing models designed specifically according to OFW tastes and needs. The houses feature two bedrooms designed according to gender standards, toilet and bath, kitchen and living area and parking space.
The NHA-TBB projects has the following objectives: a.) promote comfortable housing units in strategic locations to the OFWs; b.) provide opportunity for all OFWs to apply for housing units; and c.) to expand housing options for OFWs in need of a home they can call their own.
To learn more about what NHA-TBB is all about, you may watch this video.
