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Marcos to DHSUD, NHA: Explore climate change-responsive housing designs
President Ferdinand ''Bongbong'' Marcos Jr. on Friday tasked the Department of Human Settlement and Urban Development (DHSUD) and the National Housing Authority (NHA) to explore housing designs that are responsive to climate change.
Marcos said this during the ceremonial turnover of the Yolanda Permanent Housing Program wherein he handed over the symbolic keys to the local chief executives of the eight municipalities in Eastern Visayas and three selected beneficiaries of the housing units.
''Sa DHSUD at sa NHA, inaasahan ko na palalawigin pa ninyo ang pagtuklas at paggamit ng mga disenyo ng pabahay na mas matibay pa, at mas angkop sa pagbabago ng klima at hamon ng panahon,'' Marcos said in his speech.
(To the DHSUD and NHA, I am hoping that you will explore the use of housing designs that are responsive to climate change.)
Marcos also urged the beneficiaries to take care of the housing units that are given to them.
The housing units are located in Cool Spring Residences, Riverside Community Residences, Mont Eagle Ville Subdivision, Coconut Grove Village, Dagami Town Ville and Pastrana Ville, all in Leyte; Marabut Ville Sites 1 and 2 in Samar; and the Culaba Housing Project in Biliran.
The housing units were awarded as a grant, at no cost, to qualified beneficiaries identified as Yolanda family survivors.
Typhoon Yolanda (international name: Haiyan) left more than 7,000 people dead or missing. It also affected more than 16 million people or 3 million families across the country.
Department of Secretary Jerry Acuzar said the agency has allocated a budget to repair, rehabilitate, and complete the units in Tacloban, Leyte within the year.
He said that more than 58,000 units or 88 out of 118 Yolanda housing projects are already completed within Region VIII.
Out of the said number, more than 53,000 are already completed while 45,000 have been occupied.
Asked how much was allotted, Presidential Communications Office acting Secretary Cesar Chavez said P176 million was downloaded to the local government of Tacloban while P167 was allocated. —AOL, GMA Integrated News
