SFHC in numbers: 30 years of CMP summed up



As we mark the 30th anniversary of Community Mortgage Program, we look back on what has been a quite remarkable achievement of Social Housing Finance Corporation’s mortgage financing system.

From 1989 to June 2018, SHFC approved a total loan assistance of Php 19.42 billion, benefitting 320,972 informal settler families through CMP and the High Density Housing Program. In Luzon, a total of 239,522 families have been assisted, while the number of beneficiaries in Visayas and Mindanao reached 32,260 and 49,190, respectively.

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