Posted June 5th, 2012 by Maria
Bernadette Lunas.
The Budget Department has released
P5.5 billion to the National Housing Authority to bolster the government’s
housing program and benefit informal settlers and residents in high-risk areas
nationwide.
“The recent release will allow the NHA
to meet the rehousing requirements of families and communities living as
informal settlers or currently in calamity-stricken areas,” Budget Secretary
Florencio Abad said in a statement.
The resettlement program, which will
be implemented by NHA, will cover the provision of 12,227 house and lot
packages, 10,188 housing units, and 16,527 lots to beneficiary families
nationwide.
Budget is earmarking P4.16 billion to
NHA-administered rehousing activities, with P2.7 billion to be used to relocate
informal settler families living in high-risk areas in Metro Manila, Rizal,
Laguna, Bulacan and Pampanga.
(Published in the Manila Standard
Today newspaper on /2012/June/05)
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