Duterte Gov’t To Complete More Than 600 Temporary Shelters In Marawi By December
The government of President Rodrigo Duterte targets to build
600 to 700 units of temporary shelter in Marawi City by third week of December
for internally displaced people (IDP) affected by the clashes between
government troops and Maute terrorists in the area.
Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC)
Chairman Eduardo Del Rosario said in a radio interview Thursday, October 19, that
the local government had provided 14 hectares of land to build the temporary
housing for IDPs.
“But we are targeting 1,175 housing units,” Del Rosario
said, noting that the government eyes to deliver these units by January 2018.
He mentioned that each unit had a total area of 22 square
meters, and had its own toilet.
The temporary shelter costs Php160,000 per unit.
The HUDCC chief noted that even this would be a temporary
shelter for the IDP, the facility would have power and water utilities.
Del Rosario said the government may not reach the
6,0000-unit requirement for the temporary shelter, but assured that it would
also start building permanent housing units.
“We are now talking to the local government unit (LGU) to
provide us the land for permanent shelter,” he further said.
“While we are working on the temporary shelter, we are also
building the permanent housing. So once the permanent shelter is available, we
can transfer the IDP,” Del Rosario said in Filipino.
Del Rosario mentioned that the LGU is determining IDPs
needing temporary shelter and those requiring permanent housing units.
He said the local government initially identified that
around 6,300 IDPs would need temporary shelter and 2,700 for permanent housing.
Watch the video report below via PTV:
Source: Philippine News Agency
Duterte Gov’t To Complete More Than 600 Temporary Shelters In Marawi By December
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