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VP Noli appeals to relocatees: DON’T LOSE HOUSING OPPORTUNITY
06 October 2005




VICE President and concurrent Housing and Urban
Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) Chairman Noli ‘Kabayan’ De Castro yesterday appealed to beneficiaries of the government’s relocation program not to let go of their opportunity to acquire their own house and lot.



Vice President and concurrent
Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) chairman Noli "Kabayan" De Castro gives a big hug to an elderly woman who was one of those earlier relocated to the Northville 5 resettlement site in Brgy. Batia Bocaue.  The Vice President urged the relocated residents to pool their resources and avail of much cheaper construction materials to be able to save on cost.  (OVP photo by Egay Montana 10/06/05).



De Castro said the housing program for the railway families affected by the Northrail Project shall be applied only once for each beneficiary.


The vice-president made the appeal during an
inspection of Northville 3 in Barangay Bayogo, Meycauayan, Bulacan after receiving reports that some relocatees in other resettlement areas are selling the construction materials intended for their houses.


Relocatees are provided by the National Housing
Authority (NHA) a housing material loan of P40,000 which is given to them in cash on a staggered basis.


Based on NHA policy, the relocatees can get an initial
amount of P10,000 for the purchase of housing materials. Upon presenting proof of purchase, they can avail another P10,000 to purchase additional housing materials. The process goes on until they have fully availed of the P40,000 allocation.


VP NOLI WITH A HOE. Vice President and concurrent Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) chairman Noli "Kabayan" De Castro uses a hoe to test the texture of the land on which the houses of relocated families will be built.  Vice President De Castro, during an inspection visit to the Northville 5 resettlement site in Brgy. Batia Bocaue, urged the relocated residents to pool their resources and avail of much cheaper construction materials to be able to save on cost. (OVP photo by Egay Montana 10/06/05)


However, reports gathered by the NHA indicated that
some poor families are selling the construction materials that they buy from stores. “Definitely, they would not be able to construct their houses if this is the case,” De Castro lamented. “Please be reminded that you will receive these benefits only once. If you misuse them, you won’t get another chance,” he added.


Meanwhile, the first 24 of more than 2,086 families
scheduled to be relocated in Northville 3, in Barangay Batia, Bocaue, Bulacan have already started constructing their housing units.


Last week, De Castro instructed the developer to work
double time in developing the resettlement area because all the families affected by the Northrail Project in Bocaue have to be relocated by the end of October.


De Castro revealed that HUDCC is speeding up the
relocation of the poor families in Bulacan so that the Northrail Project can start in November.


Ref. VPMEDIA 05-142





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