Mindanaotoday.com | Oro gov’t starts reducing its housing backlog
Faced with a housing backlog of over 22,000 units, Mayor Rolando Uy led the ground-breaking rites of a P50-million housing project at Barangay San Simon, Cagayan de Oro City on September 7, this year.
The project which consists of 66 duplex-type structures to benefit 132 housing beneficiaries will be undertaken jointly by the city government and the National Housing Authority.
NHA-10 Regional Manager Alfonso Borlagdan who had earlier signed an agreement with the city mayor for the housing project, graced the event.
The land for the project was acquired by the city government under its land-banking project while funding will be from the NHA.
In his message, Uy thanked NHA and the Department of Human Settlement and Urban Department for their assistance.
Providing decent housing to those who have less in life—landless and homeless–is an obligation of government, he said, admitting that housing projects has been challenging.
Lawyer Samuel Rollo, who heads the City Housing and Urban Development Department, said families affected by government projects and demolition orders are qualified as would-be beneficiaries.
Rollo said they have listed over 22,000 applicants for housing units.
City Council members James Judith and Malvern Esparcia represented Vice Mayor Jocelyn Rodriguez in the event. (Uriel Quilinguing with a report from City Information Office)
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