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CITIES ALLIANCE UN-HABITAT GRANT FOR NHA RESETTLEMENT SITES
16 September 2005




THE United Nations-Habitat country office confirmed that National Housing Authority (NHA) resettlement sites in Valenzuela City (Northville 1 and 2) and San Jose del Monte, Bulacan (Towerville) are included in the pilot sites of the cities alliance grant ‘cities without slums initiatives’.



Vice President Noli “Kabayan” De Castro concurrent Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) chair requested for the inclusion of these sites as these are projects requiring priority assistance given the fast track mode being implemented to clear the Northrail R-O-W.



De Castro said that he has called on the private sector housing partners to likewise do their share in uplifting and improving the lives of the relocatees in the new communities and the cities alliance grant can complement the efforts of the private sector through the extension of livelihood and entrepreneurial
training opportunities and advocacy for savings mobilization.



The ‘cities without slum initiatives’ is a 500 thousand dollars grant aimed at assisting urban poor communities in implementing an integrated approach to shelter planning. 





Ref no. VPMEDIA 05-127








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