MAYOR'S 100TH DAY. Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto addresses residents of Pasig City on October 8, 2019. Photo by Lisa Marie David/Rapplerordered the city's housing unit to stop imposing additional penalties on delinquent payments, pointing out that only a flat rate should be imposed under the contracts with beneficiaries.
These local housing projects include the Marcos-era Bagong Lipunan Improvement of Sites and Services apartments. "Maraming nababaon sa utang dahil dito. Ilan taon nang ginagawa pero wala pa lang basehan na batas o ordinansaFrom now on, those with arrears will only pay a flat rate of 3% for every month they missed a payment. There used to be an interest on late payments for Pasig City's," Sotto said.