NHA: More informal settlers want relocation
MANILA, Philippines – More informal settlers in Metro Manila are availing of voluntary relocation, the National Housing Authority (NHA) said on Monday.
Around 67 families a day are now filing applications to be relocated to government housing projects, NHA community relations chief Socorro Salamat said.
She said that before the demolition of shanties in North Triangle, Quezon City, the NHA had been receiving only 50 applications a day.
Salamat said some families who had been considering relocation are now having second thoughts because the demolition project was suspended.
She praised the government’s relocation project and allayed fears raised by informal settlers.
Senate Edgardo Angara, meanwhile, said the upper house will look at the possibility of realigning around P6 billion in government funds for housing projects.
The amount is currently earmarked for various projects under the Department of Interior and Local Government and the Department of Social Welfare and Development.
Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) Undersecretary Nestor Borromeo said the agency’s allotted budget is not enough to meet the public’s need.
He said the HUDCC only received P5.6 billion from the P11 billion budget that the agency asked for.
"What will be greatly affected is the program of the National Housing Authority," Borromeo said.
He added that lack of funds will prevent the NHA from relocating informal settlers and families living in danger zones.
He said the HUDCC may also fail from reaching its target of building 350,000 new homes. – Atom Araullo and Ryan Chua, ABS-CBN News
Showing posts with label North Triangle Demolition. Show all posts
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Friday, September 24, 2010
North Triangle Demolition
Quick facts about the North Triangle project and demolition of Sept. 23
Ayala Land signed an agreement with the National Housing Authority to develop, at a cost of P22 billion, 29 hectares of the 256-hectare of the North Triangle area that is to be developed as the QC Central Business District, presumably to be pattermed after Ayala Business District in Makati..
But there are 6,000 families in the area. The residents have already held 4 dialogues with the NHA since they received the 30-day notice of demolition on May 2010 where they offered suggestions to the authorities. However NHA officials insist that they should resettle in Montalban, Rizal, which is more than 20 kilometers north..
The NHA offered the residents P1,000, 5 kilos of rice, 2 packs of instant noodles and 2 canned sardines if they would agree to be relocated to Montalban..
They are also being offered a 20-square meter house at the relocation site, worth supposedly P250,000 which are not free. On the second year, those who would be relocated would have to pay P200 monthly and P600 monthly from fifth year onwards.
The biggest problem of the 6,000 families is that they earn their livelihood near the area , and Montalban is more than 20 kilometers away. Aside from that, they complain that the facilities like water and power are not yet in place, and the area is prone to flooding.
Residents said they are not fighting to own the land but to get what is due and fair to them, which includes an on-site or in-city relocation.
Judge Maria Padilla of RTC 225 ordered a stop to the demolition mid afternoon yesterday, and today Aquino III stopped the demolition for the moment.
For more facts and figures, go this page:
http://www.arkibongbayan.org/2010/2010-09Sept24-NTriangle/demolition.htm
Ayala Land signed an agreement with the National Housing Authority to develop, at a cost of P22 billion, 29 hectares of the 256-hectare of the North Triangle area that is to be developed as the QC Central Business District, presumably to be pattermed after Ayala Business District in Makati..
But there are 6,000 families in the area. The residents have already held 4 dialogues with the NHA since they received the 30-day notice of demolition on May 2010 where they offered suggestions to the authorities. However NHA officials insist that they should resettle in Montalban, Rizal, which is more than 20 kilometers north..
The NHA offered the residents P1,000, 5 kilos of rice, 2 packs of instant noodles and 2 canned sardines if they would agree to be relocated to Montalban..
They are also being offered a 20-square meter house at the relocation site, worth supposedly P250,000 which are not free. On the second year, those who would be relocated would have to pay P200 monthly and P600 monthly from fifth year onwards.
The biggest problem of the 6,000 families is that they earn their livelihood near the area , and Montalban is more than 20 kilometers away. Aside from that, they complain that the facilities like water and power are not yet in place, and the area is prone to flooding.
Residents said they are not fighting to own the land but to get what is due and fair to them, which includes an on-site or in-city relocation.
Judge Maria Padilla of RTC 225 ordered a stop to the demolition mid afternoon yesterday, and today Aquino III stopped the demolition for the moment.
For more facts and figures, go this page:
http://www.arkibongbayan.org/2010/2010-09Sept24-NTriangle/demolition.htm
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