NHA to receive over P12B housing assistance for informal settlers, calamity victims
Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman has
approved the release of a Notice of Cash Allocation (NCA) amounting to P12.259
billion to the National Housing Authority (NHA) for the housing assistance for
calamity victims and the payment of resettlement of informal settler families
in Western Visayas.
Pangandaman said P12.059 billion of the funds will be for the housing
assistance of calamity victims (HAPCV) while the P200 million will be for the
construction of four units of five-storey, low-rise residential buildings in
Region VI (Western Visayas) for the resettlement of informal settler families
(ISFs).
"Housing
remains a priority for President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. as he strongly
believes in the necessity of providing decent homes for Filipinos, particularly
those adversely affected by calamities,” Secretary Pangandaman said.
The request for payments, chargeable to previous years’ released allotments,
was supported with a documented list of Special Allotment Release Orders
(SAROs) with their respective amounts, status of fund utilization, and finance
accountability reports — all of which the DBM confirmed to be in order.
The National Housing Authority (NHA) is the sole national agency mandated to
engage in housing production for low-income families. Under the administrative
supervision of the Department of Human Settlement and Urban Development
(DHSUD), the NHA functions as a production and financing arm of the government
in the aspect of housing. (DBM/PIA-Caraga)
