MANILA – The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) said the National Housing Authority (NHA) has committed to complete by December this year the 4,702 unfinished housing projects for Super Typhoon Yolanda victims.
In a news release on Sunday, DHSUD Secretary Jose Rizalino Acuzar said NHA has already completed 53,917 units out of the 58,619 permanent housing requirements under Yolanda Permanent Housing Project (YPHP).
Of the completed units, a total of 45,454 units are already occupied by the beneficiaries.
Acuzar said President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has instructed the NHA to finish all the YPHP units in Eastern Visayas.
“Sigurado po lahat ngayon taon ay tatapusin na ang problema sa Yolanda housing (All the Yolanda Housing Projects will definitely be completed this year,” Acuzar said.
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 in Leyte; Marabut Ville Sites 1 and 2 in Samar; and Culaba Housing Project in Biliran.
Qualified YPHP beneficiaries are families displaced by Yolanda in November 2013 and are residing in identified hazard-prone areas.
On Friday, Marcos led the ceremonial turnover of 3,517 housing units in Burauen, Leyte.
Marcos further instructed the DHSUD and NHA to research for other housing designs that are appropriate for and can withstand climate change and natural disasters. (PNA)