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NEW HOUSES. A family displaced by the 2017 Marawi siege in their new community at Marawi Resettlement Site Phase 1: Hadiya Village, Barangay Dulay West. A total of 109 permanent houses constructed by the UN Habitat were inaugurated in the area last February 2021. (Photo courtesy of UN-Habitat) MANILA - A total of 1,000 permanent houses were awarded to Marawi residents as the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) caps its housing project in the city on Thursday. The Rebuilding Marawi Project, funded by the Japanese government, started four years ago to support internally displaced families affected by the 2017 siege with the last 462 houses awarded during a handover event Thursday (May 19). The houses were built on land procured and developed by Social Housing Finance Corporation (SHFC) and National Housing Authority (NHA) through a USD10 million funding given by Japan. Prior to the siege, the 1,000 families lived within the three to six meters easement along the Agus ....