SEALED. Officials sign the memorandum of agreement for Iloilo housing project. From left, Pag-IBIG OIC Vice President for Visayas and Mindanao Home Lending Operations Engr. Noli D. Armada, Uswag Ilonggo Party-list Rep. James Ang, Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) Undersecretary Roland Samuel T. Young, Iloilo City Mayor Jerry P. Trenas and DHSUD OIC Regional Director Eva Marfil for Western Visayas on Tuesday (Feb. 28, 2023). Marfil said the project will consist of 14 seven-story buildings equivalent to 1,260 units at 90 units per building.(PNA photo by PGLena) ILOILO CITY - The Iloilo city government will construct 1,260 housing units on a 2.2-hectare government-owned lot at Uswag Residential Complex in Barangay San Isidro, Jaro district intended for informal settler families (ISF). To pave the way for the construction, Iloilo City Mayor Jerry P. Trenas, officials of the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD), and Home Development Mutua
ODETTE REHAB. National Housing Authority regional manager Rizalino Cabahug on Wednesday (March 16, 2022) said their office has downloaded PHP PHP127.5 million funds sourced from their Special Emergency Housing Assistance Program for Typhoon Odette victims in Western Visayas. It was reported that "Odette" has left HP15.584 billion in damages and losses to shelter in the region.(Photo screengrab from zoom meeting) ILOILO CITY - The National Housing Authority (NHA) has provided PHP127.5 million from its Special Emergency Housing Assistance Program (EHAP) to families displaced by Typhoon Odette in Western Visayas (Region 6). NHA Western Visayas regional manager Rizalino Cabahug, during Wednesday's special full council blended meeting of the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC), said Negros Occidental was allotted PHP90 million; Antique, PHP5 million; Iloilo province, PHP20 million; Guimaras, PHP6.25 million; and Iloilo City with PHP6.25 million. Ho