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OFW Thankful to Pres. Duterte for Immediate Response on Housing Problem Which is Under VP Robredo

Some Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) sent a letter to popular social media personality Sass Rogando Sasot, the one who helped them in making their concern go viral and reached the Office of the President.



According to Sasot on her Facebook Page, the problems of the OFW was supposed to be responded by the agency under the leadership of Vice President Leni Robredo but instead of the expected helped from Robredo, the respond came from the Office of the President.

Vice President Leni Robredo is the chairperson of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) but instead of replying to the e-mail sent by Sasot, the Office of the President responded immediately together with the DTI as they endorsed the letter sent by the OFW to HLURB.

Sasot also noted on her post that the concerned OFW who sent the letter will be receiving his refund from the company they complain despite the fact that VP Robredo did not do anything on their problem.

Here's the Complete Statement of Sass Rogando Sasot:

MARAMING SALAMAT SA INYO!
THE POWER OF SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN
GOOD JOB DTI AND OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT!
AND HOUSING CHAIR VP ROBREDO, ANYARE?

Last August, may mga kumausap sa aking mga OFWs tungkol sa problema nila with ProFriends na isang real estate developer. Simple lang ang gusto nila: ang ma-post ko sa Page na ito ang kanilang reklamo. Noong una ang sabi ko sa kanila na lumapit sila kay VP Robredo. Nagawa na pala nila. So I posted their concern sa aking wall para kahit papaano umusad. Napakabigat ng nangyari sa kanila.
Today, nag-email sa akin ang isa sa kanila. At ito ang kanyang sinabi:

NILO (he requested to keep his name confidential):

Good day mam.. magpapasalamat Lang po ako about don Sa problema ko Sa house developer na Profriends.. finally after 4 yrs ibibigay Na Ang refund ko na almost a million pesos.. im waiting for my check this coming November.. thank u Sa pag post Sa wall nyo.. Salamat din Sa Office of the President Sa agarang aksyon at indorsement ng email ko Sa HLURB..(natakot yata ang HLURB)..salamat din Sa lahat ng ngshare ng problema namin about Profriends.. sana po walang maiwan Sa mga biktima... again thank u and God Bless.

ME: hindi office ni robredo ang gumawa ng aksyon?

NILO: office of the president po Ang nakatulong Sa Amin.. karamihan Sa group ko Na naka refund at magrerefund palang office of the president ang nag indorse ng email namin Sa HLURB.. gumalaw lng. Nman Ang HLURB nong bago Na Ang president.. pero Sa panahon ni noynoy..wala ginawa Ang HLURB tulog complain namin..

NILO: DTI at Office of the President.. ng indorse ng complain namin Sa HLURB.. kung Hindi pa ngpalit ng admin.. nganga parin Kami... hope just hide my identity kc marami parin dpa 
makakarefund baka balikan ako ng Profriends at HLURB.. maraming Salamat sau Sa mga ngshare ng problem namin..Pagpalain ka ng Poong may likha...

[he sent me a copy of the memorandum from HLURB notifying the receipt of the endorsement letter of DTI dated 7 September 2016 ]

Source: Sass Rogando Sasot FB Page
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