as a response to the challenge of coming up a working strategy to provide decent and affordable housing to the ordinary Filipino family, the UP Emplyees Housing Cooperative (UPEHCO) was organized in March 1990 by a group of academics and cooperative avocate in the Diliman Campus of the Philippines. The initiative was the first ever in the UP community.from an initial membership of 21 in December 1990, UPEHCO's memebreship has grown at an average of 40 percent annually. Most of the members are administrative and academic personnel of various campuses of the University - in Diliman, and ILoilo, and later to include other campuses of the University.
