CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- The National Housing Authority (NHA) has completed the construction of some 2,050 houses in Pampanga this year for informal settler families living in danger zones such as creeks, rivers, and esteros as well as those displaced by natural calamities.
NHA Project Manager Ines Gonzales said that the agency has built 300 houses in San Fernando Heights in Barangay Malpitic in the City of San Fernando; 500 in Angeles Ville in Barangay Sapalibutad in Angeles City; 500 in Dr. Igmedio Bondoc Ville in Sto. Nino, Sto. Tomas town; 500 in Guagua Ville in barangay Lambac, Guagua, and 250 units in San Guillermo Village in Barangay Tinajero, Bacolor town.
Gonzales added that the NHA has also completed the construction of 2,648 units for military and police personnel in San Fernando Ville in Barangay Maimpis, City of San Fernando.
"We have also provided the provincial government P14-million grant for the construction of 148 houses of Aeta Families in Barangay Nabuclod in Floridablanca," Gonzales added.
Meanwhile, the Municipal Governments of Arayat and Magalang were each awarded P12- million in grants under the NHA's Resettlement Assistance Program for Local Government Units.
A total of 144 houses were built at the Arayat Resettlement Project in Barangay San Juan Bano while 151 are on-going construction at the San Isidro Resettlement Project in Barangay San Isidro, Magalang.