The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) is supporting the first-ever socialized permaculture housing project in Baguio City.
Secretary Eduardo del Rosario said more informal settler families (ISFs) in the city stand to benefit from a housing project jointly undertaken by the national and local government.
He led the groundbreaking for the Luna Terraces Permaculture Community in Barangay Irisan, the first-ever socialized permaculture housing community in Baguio City.
The housing project to benefit 273 ISFs is designed to be sustainable with livelihood programs in permaculture incorporated for the residents.
According to Del Rosario, the project embodies DHSUD’s “exact vision” in establishing decent, resilient, and sustainable housing communities through its 20-year National Housing and Urban Development Sector Plan.
“This is exactly our vision in the housing roadmap wherein we create decent living spaces in resilient and sustainable communities,” he said.
Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong expressed his deepest gratitude to Del Rosario and the entire DHSUD team for the realization of the project.
The project, being developed by the National Housing Authority in a 1.8-hectare land, would use developers’ incentivized compliance to the balanced housing program.
The condominium-type housing facility would feature 10 buildings with the initial two slated to have 62 units.
Del Rosario said the project is in line with DHSUD’s mandate of capacitating Filipino families, especially those in the low-income bracket, to have access to decent, safe, and more affordable housing.