DAVAO CITY—San Miguel Foundation, Pilipinong May Puso Foundation and the National Housing Authority have signed a memorandum of agreement that will build 5,000 houses for this city’s indigent residents.
The project is called Biyaya ng Pagbabago Residential Project. The MoA will be endorsed to the Sangguniang Panlungsod to give Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio the legislative authority to sign it.
The agreement also covers the creation of sustainable livelihood and educational programs for the housing beneficiaries and their children.
The construction of the houses, which are designed to be climate- and typhoon-resilient, will start next year in Los Amigos and Lasang resettlement areas.
SMF is spearheading the project and will fund the construction of the houses, as the foundation is the corporate social responsibility arm of San Miguel Corp.
The NHA, meanwhile, will provide P24 million to fund the land development for the first phase of the project. The agency will also extend technical assistance to the project.
The PMPF, on the other hand, will be tasked to provide livelihood and other assistance to the residents of the resettlement.
The local government will identify the project beneficiaries, which will be coming from areas identified as danger zones. The Los Amigos and Lasang resettlement areas are government-owned properties.
Davao City has passed the Comprehensive Urban Shelter Services Development Code to promote just, dynamic and comprehensive land tenure security and urban services development program. F. Pearl A. Gajunera
With the growing number of informal settlers, the city government has also recommended the development of more relocation projects and livable areas through the Davao City Comprehensive Land Use Plan.
The housing project, the involved parties say, is meant to “address the foreseen challenges in the housing sector in Davao City.”
“There is a need for the construction of more housing units to improve the condition of the underprivileged and homeless through an affordable social housing project,” the agreement noted.