Construction of P35M HUDCC-funded housing units to start soon
The Habitat for Humanity Philippines (HFHP) Foundation Inc. will soon start the construction of 500 housing units at the San Isidro, Jaro relocation site. This after the chief executive and the foundation signed the memorandum of agreement for the implementation of the P35 million housing project.
Mayor Jerry Treñas said he has already signed the MOA with the representatives of the foundation and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). The signing was held Tuesday with the representatives of concerned agencies.
The signing was made after the Sangguniang Panlungsod gave the mayor an authority to represent the city in the implementation of the P35 million housing project. The housing project was funded by the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) through Vice President Noli de Castro.
The P35 million was released by the HUDCC through the DSWD with the Habitat for Humanity as the implementor. The Habitat for Humanity will construct the housing units using an interlocking blocks. The 500 housing units are part of the 1,048 housing units to be constructed at the 16.2 relocation site.
Treñas said the Habitat for Humanity is expected to start the construction of the housing units in two weeks time. They are readying their equipment needed in building the houses while the construction of several other housing units initiated by the Gawad Kalinga in the same site is ongoing.
The city will handle the cash-for-work program and the preparation of the site as cited in the agreement. The city has also built transit houses for the recipient families in which more than families already occupied the transit houses. Aside from transit houses, communal facilities are likewise built for the occupying families.
The Habitat for Humanity is looking forward for the groundbreaking as soon as possible with Vice President De Castro as their guest. The release of P35 million was the contribution of the vice president in the rehabilitation effort of the city government after the devastation brought by Typhoon Frank.
The vice president visited the city after the typhoon and was moved with the situation of the families who live in the danger zones such as the waterways and creeks. The San Isidro relocation site is intended for families whose houses were carried away by floodwaters especially those coming from Jaro district.