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LOOK: Eyed relocation site for Taal evacuees in Ibaan, Batangas
The eyed relocation site has 1,200 units, a school building, and a gymnasium
Marawi reconstruction poised to begin – finally
Two years after the liberation of Marawi, the National Housing Authority declares its clearing operations complete and gives departments and local government units the go-signal to award construction projects inside the battle area
399 Typhoon Yolanda survivors avail of permanent shelters in Kalibo
Under the NHA Permanent Resettlement Program for Calamity Victims, beneficiaries will be provided with developed lots and decent shelters at no cost
NHA chief designated HUDCC secretary-general
Marcelino Escalada Jr takes over the functions of the HUDCC secretary-general while retaining his role as NHA general manager, says Malacañang
Kadamay members leave gov’t housing site in Bacolod
Over a thousand informal settlers vacate the site after a dialogue with local executives, housing officials, and police and military representatives
Congress authorizes NHA to redistribute Bulacan housing units
The NHA can now award the empty housing units in Pandi, Bulacan to low-salaried government employees and poor families, including members of urban poor group Kadamay
House to probe Zamboanga City housing project
The Z3R project currently houses families displaced by the 2013 Zamboanga siege
PAO paid P4.8M for building plan and design without complete docs – COA
Despite the two agencies submitting only 2 out of 16 required documents PAO pays the NHA and DPWH for a design and planning contract
LOOK: Zamboanga City footbridge collapses during officials’ inspection
Mayor Beng Climaco appeals to the House of Representatives to probe the 'poor state' of NHA's housing project for families displaced by the 2013 Zamboanga City siege
Duterte to turn over 600 temporary shelters on December 27
'The President wants every temporary shelter equipped with light and water for the families to live comfortably even if it is just a temporary shelter,' says NHA general manager Marcelino Escalada Jr
Some Kadamay members in Bulacan previously given NHA houses
This makes the Kadamay members ineligible for another housing unit from the government
Kadamay calls for swift action on idle houses for police, soldiers
It's been 9 months since the urban poor group took over thousands of unoccupied housing units in Pandi, Bulacan
NHA: Contractor behind 'substandard' housing can't bid for Yolanda projects
JC Tayag Builders is accused of constructing substandard houses for survivors of Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan)
Beneficiaries waive ownership of nearly 2,000 Bulacan housing units
Beneficiaries from the AFP, PNP, and BJMP waive ownership of the housing units – majority of which are occupied by Kadamay – but a joint congressional resolution is still needed to allow redistribution
SC affirms CA ruling on Smokey Mountain project
The case involves the 1993 agreement between private firm R-II Builders and government housing agencies to develop the Smokey Mountain landfill in Tondo, Manila
House panel members eye cases vs Yolanda rehab contractor
The House panel will invite former officials of the National Housing Authority to explain what happened in the province of Eastern Samar
Lawmakers told: Substandard materials used in post-Yolanda housing
A House committee looks into the progress – or lack thereof – of housing projects for Super Typhoon Yolanda Haiyan survivors
NHA faces P10 billion cut in 2018 proposed budget
The National Housing Authority possibly only has P2 2 billion to remedy the ballooning housing backlog
WATCH: Meet Mr. Pinoy Hoops, the champion of Tenement residents
Mike Swift also known to many as Mr Pinoy Hoops believes that every court can dream
How the Duterte administration is fast-tracking Yolanda recovery
President Duterte has criticized the past government for the slow rehab of Eastern Visayas What happens when he tells agencies he is getting impatient?
NHA denies substandard materials used for housing units
The National Housing Authority says construction defects and maintenance issues not substandard materials are to blame for poor facilities in housing units
VLOG: Inside a housing unit in Pandi, Bulacan
The National Housing Authority says a housing unit s land area is 40 square meters while the floor area of the house is 20 square meters
Bulacan housing payments drop after Kadamay takeover
Housing officials tell lawmakers some residents refuse to pay the P200 monthly amortisation in Pandi town since Kadamay members are living there for free
Will anyone live in these NHA housing units in Pagadian?
Substandard and small houses and the lack of water and electricity scare police and soldiers from moving into a Pagadian housing project
Job, livelihood fair set for NHA beneficiaries
The special fair will be conducted in Metro Manila Central Luzon and Southern Tagalog from May 9 to 11
Soldiers, cops have until June 15 to occupy housing units – NHA
Housing units still unoccupied by the AFP and PNP beneficiaries after June 15 may be distributed to urban poor families says NHA General Manager Marcelino Escalada Jr
Bulacan informal settlers urge NHA to approve housing applications
Members of Partido Manggagawa in Bulacan say their applications have been pending with the National Housing Authority for two years and counting
Duterte lets Kadamay have Bulacan housing units
The President promises cops and soldiers that he will personally supervise a new housing project for them in exchange for the units to be given to Kadamay
Why P600-a-month housing is still a burden to the poor
Poor families look forward to moving to their government subsidized homes only to realize it s a burden
NHA targets to build 500,000 houses in 2017 to solve backlog
National Housing Authority General Manager Marcelino Escalada Jr says they are offering beneficiaries houses for P120 000 payable in 30 years
Duterte: 200,000 Yolanda victims to get free housing
The decision to award free housing to 205 000 beneficiaries is reached in a National Housing Authority board meeting chaired by President Rodrigo Duterte
DSWD urges other gov't agencies to help save homeless families
There are more than 12 000 families out in the streets of Metro Manila alone
Agencies sign deal to speed up housing for Yolanda victims
Nearly 3 years ago since Super Typhoon Yolanda only 12 of the 205 000 needed housing for victims have been completed
80% of housing for military, police at Bulacan site left unoccupied
Only 800 out of 4 000 housing units for the military and the police in Bocaue Bulacan are occupied Residents also report problems with utilities at the housing site
Robredo: Gov't must build over 2,600 homes a day to beat backlog
The Vice President wants to finish a comprehensive housing roadmap before implementing projects to ensure funds are not wasted
Robredo orders inventory of housing data to beat backlog
Vice President Leni Robredo also found still unoccupied housing projects built by the National Housing Authority
P7.4-M worth of housing aid to Cagayan typhoon victims still undistributed
It is unclear why the previous administration made the housing aid purchases more than two years after Typhoon Vinta Krosa hit Cagayan
Compromise over failed Smokey Mountain project 'unacceptable'
The Home Guaranty Corporation says the Philippine government shouldn t accept Reghis Romero s P5B offer
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Super Typhoon Yolanda recovery halfway done – NEDA
Gov’t says Yolanda recovery is entering its medium term phase and full recovery will only come in 2017
Less than 10% of target homes built for displaced Tacloban families
Records from the Tacloban City Housing Office reveals that two years after Super Typhoon Yolanda Haiyan the NHA had only built 572 out of its target 14 162 permanent houses NGOs had constructed 556 homes out of their planned 2 169
Bloomberry group to build mixed use dev’t in Vertis North
Hotel and resort arm of Bloomberry Resorts Corporation purchases 15 676 square meter land in Vertis North
Binay hits Roxas: MRT no laughing matter
The Vice President responds to criticism of his reasons for resigning from the Aquino Cabinet
More than a year after Yolanda: Home sweet home?
Yolanda survivors transferred to a government resettlement project in Barangay Cabalawan Tacloban complain of poor quality houses
Gov't releases P286.7M for North Triangle relocation project
Informal settler families living in North Triangle Quezon City will be relocated to give way to a new central business district
No more eviction worries for children's hospital
The Department of Health and the National Housing Authority sign an agreement that cements the claim of the Philippine Children s Medical Center on its land
Children's hospital to get land title by 2015 – NHA
The National Housing Authority and the Department of Health have agreed to use the 2003 valuation of the PCMC land which is about P900 million
Boos, cheers in Tacloban as 3 sides face off in Yolanda hearing
The government is looking at a community driven approach to fast track rehabilitation in Yolanda affected areas
Vietnam seizes over 1,000 dead endangered sea turtles
All of the 1 000 endangered sea turtles are found dead according to the environmental police department of the Ministry of Public Security
'Make sure children's hospital gets land title by Christmas'
Senator Benigno Aquino IV tells the National Housing Authority to give the Philippine Children s Medical Center the title to the land where it now stands
