Marawi City, May 19, 2022 – The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) formally wraps up the implementation of the Rebuilding Marawi Project
Marawi City – The National Housing Authority (NHA) and the Rebuilding Marawi Project of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) awarded permanent shelters to two hundred fifty families displaced by the 2017 Marawi Siege. The land was procured and developed by NHA. A total of 1,8
One of the permanent shelter sites for displaced families in Marawi City (PNA photo by Divina M. Suson) MARAWI CITY - For more than four years, Norhaima Ditucalan's family was at her grandparents' house in Ditsaan Ramain, Lanao del Sur, some 10 kilometers away from Marawi City where they lived for decades. Ditucalan used to live with her three other siblings and their families at a three-story house in Barangay Datu Naga inside the most affected area (MAA) of the 2017 siege. Their source of income was a small store on the ground floor. When the siege broke out on May 23, 2017, Ditucalan's household fled to Ditsaan Ramain and took shelter with their grandparents. On Friday, Ditucalan's familywas seen cleaning a housing unit in Barangay Gadongan, site of one of the 250 permanent shelters that the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN Habitat) and the National Housing Authority (NHA) constructed for them. The 150 units were built by theUnited Nations Human Settlem
One of the permanent shelter sites for displaced families in Marawi City (PNA photo by Divina M. Suson) MARAWI CITY - For more than four years, Norhaima Ditucalan's family was at her grandparents' house in Ditsaan Ramain, Lanao del Sur, some 10 kilometers away from Marawi City where they lived for decades. Ditucalan used to live with her three other siblings and their families at a three-story house in Barangay Datu Naga inside the most affected area (MAA) of the 2017 siege. Their source of income was a small store on the ground floor. When the siege broke out on May 23, 2017, Ditucalan's household fled to Ditsaan Ramain and took shelter with their grandparents. On Friday, Ditucalan's familywas seen cleaning a housing unit in Barangay Gadongan, site of one of the 250 permanent shelters that the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN Habitat) and the National Housing Authority (NHA) constructed for them. The 150 units were built by theUnited Nations Human Settlem
NHA s permanent housing to be completed before 2021 ends
Philippine Information Agency
26 May 2021, 08:38 GMT+10
MARAWI CITY, May 25 (PIA) The permanent housing project constructed by the National Housing Authority (NHA) for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the city is expected to be completed before the year 2021 ends.
Marcelino Escalada Jr., general manager of the NHA, shared that the ongoing project is uncommon to what is typically built by the agency. The permanent housing project of NHA to Marawi is very unique kasi this is one of its kind. Hindi siya iyong universal na common design ng NHA [It is not the universal design of the NHA]. This is a very specific demand-driven design, he said.