Zambo fire victims get housing units

MAYOR BENG Climaco led government officials in breaking ground for a housing project intended for the 2018 fire victims in Labuan.

Mayor Beng Climaco leads government officials in the ground breaking ceremony in Zamboanga City for over 100 housing units for fire victims. (Giana Andrion)

 Climaco said Phase 1 of the P74.7-million project, funded by the National Housing Authority (NHA) under the Calamity Housing Assistance Program, will be located in the 11,287-square meter property owned by the City Government. 

She said the project will benefit 138 families. “The project costs P74.734 million or P13.949 million as cost for land development and P60.785 million for house construction. A total of 138 units will be constructed under Phase 1 benefiting 138 out of the 411 fire-victim families. The project is expected to be completed within 360 calendar days,” the mayor said. 

 President Rodrigo Duterte distributed cash assistance to the victims of fire in Labuan in Zamboanga City during his visit on July 26, 2018. Also in the photo are Zamboanga City Mayor Beng Climaco and Bong Go. (Toto Lozano)

Climaco said the housing project was promised by President Rodrigo Duterte when he visited fire victims on July 26, 2018. She thanked Duterte for the project. “Muchas gracias President Duterte for the housing project,” she said. 

Present during the ground-breaking ceremony were Councilors Josephine Pareja and El King Omaga, NHA District Manager Engr. Al Indanan, Atty. Alper John Alcaraz, who represented NHA Acting Regional Manager Clemente Dayot; Barangay Labuan chairman Ronaldo Maravilla, and representatives from the Nurben Engineering and Building Construction, and Rodrigo Pagotaisidro, head of the local government’s Housing Land Management Division, including the housing beneficiaries. 

During Duterte’s visit in Labuan, he distributed P15,000 to each of the fire victims. The 

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) also gave out P5,000 to each victims of the fire, and another P1,500 each from the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation, and P1,500 more from the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office.

All those cash assistance were on top of the food aid and community kitchen provided by Climaco and DSWD. (Zamboanga Post)

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