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Gov’t readies over 5K housing units for Taal eruption victims
Gov’t readies over 5K housing units for Taal eruption victims National News
By Lade Jean Kabagani
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MANILA - The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) is readying some 5,448 housing units to be given to families residing within the seven-kilometer radius danger zone near the restive Taal Volcano.
House Settlements Secretary Eduardo del Rosario said Thursday the National Housing Authority (NHA) is working on the repair of the houses and the installation of electricity and water connection.
He said some 187 families have already occupied the housing units in one of the project sites located in Ibaan, Batangas.
“The president will be giving these house units for free, in full grant and the occupants are not going pay anything upon the transfer,” del Rosario said, adding that the rehabilitation of some units would be done within one to two February 1-7, 2020 Caraga Infocus 46
