QUEZON CITY -- Ensuring that the programs and services of the Philippine government are delivered promptly to the urban poor sector of the country, the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor or PCUP headed by its Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer, Undersecretary Elpidio R. Jordan Jr. paid a courtesy call to Secretary Benjamin "Benhur" Abalos, Jr. of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on January 17, 2023 at the DILG Napolcom Center in Quezon City.

Speaking before the Secretary of the Interior during the courtesy call, Undersecretary Jordan laid out the PCUP’s mandate of directly linking the marginalized and underprivileged sectors to the programs and services of the government, its regular programs and services and most especially the 4 banner programs of the commission under Jordan’s administration.

PCUP’s banner programs focus on social welfare programs following President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s 8-Point Socioeconomic Agenda to strengthen social protection, that includes housing facilitation with the “Piso Ko, Bahay Mo” program, resource mobilization with the “Lingkod Agapay Maralita (LAM)’ program, collaboration and partnership with the “PCUP Goodwill Ambassadors” program and urban poor data generation with the intention to establish PCUP satellite offices for the urban poor.

Undersecretary Jordan’s initiative to build satellite offices all over the country in participation with the Urban Poor Affairs Offices is aimed to generate data and to establish a database for the urban poor that would be beneficial to both the PCUP and the Local Government Units (LGUs).

“The urban poor problem of the country can be resolved if there is participation of all stakeholders, particularly local government units (LGUs) and we believe that the DILG, with the help of the honorable Secretary Benhur Abalos, can help us achieve our one goal to alleviate poverty in the country,” Undersecretary Jordan stressed. (PCUP)